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Densoisporites contactus

Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales

Taxonomy
Densoisporites contactus was named by Bharadwaj (1977). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. complicatus, D. erdtmanii, D. fissus, D. holospongia, D. indicus, D. nejburgii, D. patagonicus, D. playfordi, D. playfordii, D. vellatus
Entered
by P. Santamarina (authorized by C. Jaramillo) on 2016-05-18

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Densoisporites contactus Bharadwaj

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
RankNameAuthor
phylumLycopodiophytaScott 1900
classLycopodiopsidaBartling 1830
orderSelaginellalesPrantl 1874
genusDensoisporitesDettmann 1963
speciescontactusBharadwaj 1977

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.

†Densoisporites contactus Bharadwaj 1977
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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: Kenrick and Crane 1997, Morris et al. 2018
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