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Lycopodiumsporites circolumenus

Lycopodiopsida - Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae

Taxonomy

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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by P. Santamarina (authorized by C. Jaramillo) on 2014-11-19; modified by P. Santamarina on 2016-04-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Lycopodiumsporites circolumenus Cookson and Dettmann
1968Lycopodiumsporites circolumenus Venkatachala et al.
1976Lycopodiumsporites circolumenus Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumLycopodiophytaScott 1900
RankNameAuthor
classLycopodiopsidaBartling 1830
orderLycopodialesDumortier 1829
familyLycopodiaceaeMirbel 1802
genusLycopodiumsporitesDelcourt and Sprumont 1955
speciescircolumenus

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.

Lycopodiumsporites circolumenus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialp
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-29 16:49:22
Modified: 2026-03-29 16:49:22
Source: p = phylum, superp = superphylum
References: Morris et al. 2018, Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 161.50000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Gujarat) Lycopodiumsporites circolumenus (227058)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) Lycopodiumsporites circolumenus (163901)