Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Polypodiidites

Angiospermae - Buxales

Taxonomy
Polypodiidites was named by Potonié (1966). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Polypodiaceae by Ross (1949), Barreda et al. (2012), Stiles et al. (2020), Vera et al. (2022); and to Buxales by Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Polypodiidites Ross
1966Polypodiidites Potonié
2012Polypodiidites Barreda et al.
2020Polypodiidites Stiles et al.
2022Polypodiidites Vera et al.
2023Polypodiidites Perez Loinaze et al.

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
orderBuxalesTakhtajan 1996
genusPolypodiiditesPotonié 1966

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. †Polypodiidites Potonié 1966
show all | hide all
†Polypodiidites horridus Blackhouse 1978
†Polypodiidites ratnamii Ramanujam 1967
†Polypodiidites speciosus Archangelsky 1972
hide
Invalid names: Verrucatosporites speciosus Harris 1965 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 121.40000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (100 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp. A (149982) P. sp. A, P. sp. B (150335)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp. (150615)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene100.5 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) P. speciosus (195707)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) P. sp. (52072)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) P. sp. (67818)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp. 1 (240042) P. sp. 1, P. speciosus (240046 240047 240048 240054) P. speciosus (168708 168710 239941 240032 240033 240037 240039 240041 240056 240058)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) P. sp. (168393 168394) P. speciosus (199410 239890 239891)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) P. sp. (152264) P. speciosus (151454 151455 151457 172890 239892)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp. 1, P. speciosus (240088) P. speciosus (240081 240086 240087 240089 240526)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Venezuela (Zulia) Verrucatosporites speciosus (151711)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Venezuela (Zulia) Verrucatosporites speciosus (151742 151758 151764)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Venezuela (Zulia) Verrucatosporites speciosus (151766 151769 151772 151774 151775 151776 151777 151779 151780 151781 151783 151784 151786 151787 151788 151789 151790 151791 151792 151793 151794 151795 151796 151798 151799 151800 151802 151804 151806 151808 151809 151811 151812 151818 151819 151820 151821 151822 151823 151824 151825 151826 151827 151828 151829 151830 151831 151832 151833 151834)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. speciosus (167899)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. (166832)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. inangahuensis (151587)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Australia (Tasmania) P. inungahuensis (167314) P. perverrucatus (166703)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) P. radiatus (144140)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India (Tamil Nadu) P. delicatissimus, P. magniverrucosus, P. ratnamii (224618)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) P. perverrucatus (166707)