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Pterospermopsis

Taxonomy
Pterospermopsis was named by Wetzel (1952). It is not extant. Its type is Pterospermopsis danica.

It was assigned to Acritarcha by Andrews (1970) and Uutela and Tynni (1991).

Species
P. aureolata, P. danica (type species), P. eurypteris, P. pelagica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Pterospermopsis Wetzel
1970Pterospermopsis Andrews
1991Pterospermopsis Uutela and Tynni

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
RankNameAuthor
—AcritarchaEvitt 1963
genusPterospermopsisWetzel 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. †Pterospermopsis Wetzel 1952
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†Pterospermopsis aureolata Cookson and Eisenack 1958
†Pterospermopsis danica Wetzel 1952
†Pterospermopsis eurypteris Cookson and Eisenack 1958
†Pterospermopsis pelagica Eisenack 1954
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Late/Upper Callovian or 208.50000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian - Sinemurian208.5 - 190.8United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (25838)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France (Franche-Comté) P. sp. (142143)