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Murospora

Taxonomy
Murospora was named by Somers (1952). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pteridophyta by Somers (1952).

Species
M. florida, M. kosankei, M. punctata
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. bicolateralis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Murospora Somers

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
RankNameAuthor
genusMurosporaSomers 1952

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Murospora Somers 1952
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†Murospora florida Balme 1957
†Murospora kosankei Somers 1952
†Murospora punctata Venkatachala 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 312.80000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bashkirian - Gzhelian323.2 - 298.9USA (Illinois) M. kosankei (23516 23647)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Oklahoma) M. kosankei (127310 127315)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) M. kosankei (10780)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Serbia and Montenegro (Montenegro) M. bicolateralis (24568)
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Cenomanian174.7 - 93.5Egypt (Western Desert) M. sp. (139303)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Gujarat) M. punctata (32379 227025)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Egypt (Western Desert) M. spp. (142198 142199 142200)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0Egypt (Western Desert) M. sp. (139328)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Egypt (Western Desert) M. sp. (144965)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0India (Gujarat) M. punctata (32378)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Egypt (Western Desert) M. spp. (142202 142203 142204 142205)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. sp. (149846)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Egypt (Western Desert) M. sp. (139332)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (Western Desert) M. spp. (142206 142207)