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Pityosporites

Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae

Taxonomy
Pityosporites was named by Seward (1914). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Pinaceae by Jarzen (1982).

Species
P. nipanica, P. potoniaei, P. sewardii
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. delasaucei, P. grandis, P. schaubergeri, P. zapfei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Pityosporites Seward
1982Pityosporites Jarzen p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
classPinopsidaBurnett 1833
RankNameAuthor
orderPinales
familyPinaceae
genusPityosporitesSeward 1914

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. †Pityosporites Seward 1914
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†Pityosporites potoniaei Lakhanpal et al. 1959
†Pityosporites sewardii Virkki 1946
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Oligocene or 312.80000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (138 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous - Permian358.86 - 251.902USA (Arizona) P. sp. (10750)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Oklahoma) P. westphalensis (127310)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Illinois) P. sp. (127301 127303)
Middle Pennsylvanian - Late/Upper Pennsylvanian315.2 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) P. sp. (127304)
Moscovian - Artinskian315.2 - 283.3USA (Arizona) P. sp. (11170)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) P. sp. (10743 10779 10780 10781 10782 10783 10784 10785 10786 10787 10788 10790 10793 10794)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9USA (Ohio) P. westphalensis (11241 11252 11267)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) P. sp. (10796 10797)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) P. sp. (11307 11308)
Cisuralian298.9 - 274.4India (Madhya Pradesh) P. sp. (224680)
Permian298.9 - 251.902India (West Bengal) P. sp. (225790)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Hungary P. sp. (24307)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Oklahoma) P. sp. (31422)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India P. sp. (30143 30145)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4India (Chhattisgarh) P. sp. (224737 224750)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4India P. sp. (30152 30154)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4India (Odisha) P. sp. (225489)
Wordian - Lopingian266.9 - 251.902India P. sp. (30166)
Wordian - Lopingian266.9 - 251.902India (Madhya Pradesh) P. sp., P. sewardii (30175)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Oklahoma) P. sp. (24882)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany P. schaubergeri, P. zapfei (24193) P. zapfei (26241)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Germany P. schaubergeri, P. zapfei, P. granulatus (24194) P. zapfei (26242 26243 26244 26254 26258 26259 26260 26261 26262 26278 26279)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Austria P. delasaucei, P. schaubergeri, P. zapfei (23971)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7India (Madhya Pradesh) P. sp. (30132)
Triassic251.902 - 201.4India (West Bengal) P. sp. (226842)
Triassic251.902 - 201.4India (Uttarakhand) P. ovatus, P. potoniaei (224653)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Israel P. ruttneri (31487)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Israel P. ruttneri (31485 31486)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (New Mexico) P. chinleana (23968)
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Norway P. sp., P. sp. A, P. grandis (33537)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Serbia (Montenegro) P. sp. (24568)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Morocco (Figuig) P. sp. (176120)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Rajasthan) P. sp., P. nipanica (30133)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Andhra Pradesh) P. sp. (224604)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) P. grandis, P. sp. (224642)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5India (Gujarat) P. sp. (224770 224771)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Canada (Alberta) P. sp., P. constrictus (194481)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1India (Gujarat) P. sp. (32378)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) P. constrictus (73891)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) P. constrictus, P. sp. (32522)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) P. spp. (234420 234421 234422 234572 234573 234574 234575 234576 234585 234586 234587 234588 234589 234599 234600 234602 234603 234615 234616 234617 234618 234619 234620)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) P. spp. (234577 234578 234580 234581 234582 234584 234590 234591 234593 234594 234596 234597 234607 234608 234610 234612 234613 234614 234622 234623 234624 234625 234626 234627 234628)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (227994)
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) P. microalatus, P. labdacus (24201)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Germany (Hesse) P. labdacus (235231 235233 235235 235237 235238 235242 235243 235245 235250 235252 235254 235256)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Spain (A Coruña) P. spp. (154035)