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Pilasporites

Taxonomy
Pilasporites was named by Balme (1956). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Gymnospermophyta by Burger (1996).

Species
P. brevis, P. marcidus
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. calculus, P. plurigenus
Entered
by P. Santamarina (authorized by C. Jaramillo) on 2016-02-15

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Pilasporites Balme
1996Pilasporites Burger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
subphylumEuphyllophytina
RankNameAuthor
—Radiatopses
—Lignophytia
—Spermatophytata
phylumGymnospermae
genusPilasporitesBalme 1956

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. †Pilasporites Balme 1956
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†Pilasporites brevis Sinha 1969
†Pilasporites marcidus Balme 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Late/Upper Bathonian or 387.95000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian387.95 - 379.0Belgium P. plurigenus (22904)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Antarctica P. calculus (31340)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4India (Odisha) P. plurigenus (225489)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4India (Jharkhand) P. plurigenus (224701)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4India (Chhattisgarh) P. plurigenus (226912)
Kazanian - Zechstein274.4 - 254.14Norway P. spp. (31380 31386)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Norway P. spp. (31353 31354 31355 31358 31359 31361 31388 31390 31395 31400)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation (Zabaykal'ye) P. marcidus (241481)