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Punctatosporites

Polypodiopsida

Taxonomy
Punctatosporites was named by Ibrahim (1933). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Plantae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Polypodiopsida by Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).

Synonyms
  • Marattisporites was named by Couper (1958). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Punctatosporites by Playford and Dettmann (1964).

    It was assigned to Pteridopsida by Couper (1958).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Punctatosporites Ibrahim
1958Marattisporites Couper
1976Punctatosporites Lakhanpal et al.
2023Punctatosporites Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
RankNameAuthor
classPolypodiopsida
genusPunctatosporitesIbrahim 1933

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. †Punctatosporites Ibrahim 1933
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†Punctatosporites dulcis Venkatachala and Kar 1968
†Punctatosporites morosus Venkatachala and Kar 1968
Invalid names: Marattisporites Couper 1958 [synonym]
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 Pliocene or 312.80000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (135 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian - Middle Pennsylvanian323.4 - 307.0USA (Illinois) P. minutus (127313)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian - Late/Upper Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) P. minutus (127306)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Ohio) P. minutus (127300)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kansas) P. minutus (127308)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Illinois) P. minutus (127301 127302 127303)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) P. minutus (127215 127318)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Oklahoma) P. minutus (127310 127311 127314 127315)
Middle Pennsylvanian - Late/Upper Pennsylvanian315.2 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) P. minutus (127298 127299 127304 127305)
Middle Pennsylvanian - Late/Upper Pennsylvanian315.2 - 298.9USA (Kansas) P. minutus (127297 127307 127309)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) P. compactus, P. glaber, P. minutus, P. spp. (10779) P. compactus, P. glaber, P. spp., P. granifer (10781) P. granifer, P. minutus (10780) P. minutus (10742 10743 10782 10783 10784 10786 10787 10791 10792 10795)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian - Middle Pennsylvanian307.0 - 307.0USA (Missouri) P. minutus (127151)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian - Middle Pennsylvanian307.0 - 307.0USA (Illinois) P. minutus (127217)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian - Middle Pennsylvanian307.0 - 307.0USA (Oklahoma) P. minutus (127157)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian - Middle Pennsylvanian307.0 - 307.0USA (Indiana) P. minutus (127209)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian - Middle Pennsylvanian307.0 - 307.0USA (Kansas) P. minutus (127155 127216)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian - Middle Pennsylvanian307.0 - 307.0USA (Ohio) P. minutus (126960 126961)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9USA (Kansas) P. minutus (127152)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9USA (Missouri) P. minutus (126970 127150)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9USA (Illinois) P. minutus (126963 126968)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9USA (Ohio) P. granifer (11243 11254 11255) P. granifer, P. rotundus (11235 11236 11260 11261 11264) P. minutus (11240 11242) P. minutus, P. granifer (11244 11248 11252 11253 11256) P. minutus, P. granifer, P. rotundus (11241 11245 11246 11247 11249 11250 11251 11257 11258 11259 11262 11263 11265 11266 11267) P. minutus, P. rotundus (11239 11268 11270) P. rotundus (11237 11238)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) P. minutus (11308) P. punctatus (11310 11313)
Autunian298.9 - 283.3Israel P. minutus (31561 31562 31563 31564 31567 31568)
Autunian - Permian298.9 - 251.902Israel P. minutus (31516)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Israel P. minutus (31469 31470 31471)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4India (Jharkhand) P. dulcis, P. morosus (224662) P. morosus (224664)
Kazanian - Zechstein274.4 - 254.14Norway P. spp. (31376 31377 31380)
Wordian - Lopingian266.9 - 251.902India P. sp. (30164 30166)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Oklahoma) P. spp. (24882)
Buntsandstein259.51 - 251.902Germany P. sp. (27272)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902India (West Bengal) P. sp. (224894)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Norway P. spp. (31358 31359 31360 31361 31397)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Marattisporites equiexinus (31321) Marattisporites scabratus (31317)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Peru (Loreto) P. scabratus (144299)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Marattisporites rousei (32522 32697)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. scabratus (168708 240042 240044 240046 240047 240048 240054 240056)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Marattisporites sacabratus (168394) Marattisporites scabratus (168393)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. scabratus (149973 240052 240088 240089 240526)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Southern Ocean P. sp. (169267 169269 169273 169275)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India (Gujarat) Marattisporites longiletus (224889 225561)