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Latrobosporites

Lycopodiopsida - Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae

Taxonomy
Latrobosporites was named by Harris (1965). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Lycopodiaceae by Harris (1965), De Benedetti et al. (2024).

Species
L. crassus, L. marginis
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. amplus
Entered
by C. Jaramillo on 2015-05-11

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Latrobosporites Harris
2024Latrobosporites De Benedetti et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
RankNameAuthor
phylumLycopodiophytaScott 1900
classLycopodiopsidaBartling 1830
orderLycopodialesDumortier 1829
familyLycopodiaceaeMirbel 1802
genusLatrobosporitesHarris 1965

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. †Latrobosporites Harris 1965
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†Latrobosporites crassus Harris 1981
†Latrobosporites marginis Mildenhall and Pocknall 1989
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: Kenrick and Crane 1997, Morris et al. 2018

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 72.20000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) L. marginis (239891)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Australia (Tasmania) L. amplus, L. marginis (166741)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Australia (Tasmania) L. crassus (166832)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) L. crassus (169007 169237)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Australia (Tasmania) L. crassus (166703 167314)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98New Zealand L. marginis (169164)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (New south wales) L. marginis (168995 168999)