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Pterospermopsimorpha

Taxonomy
Pterospermopsimorpha was named by Timofeev (1962). It is not extant. Its type is Pterospermopsimorpha kelar.

It was assigned to Acritarcha by Andrews (1970), Knoll and Calder (1983); and to Life by Riedman et al. (2023).

Species
P. kelar (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. granulata, P. insolita, P. insolita, P. pileiformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Pterospermopsimorpha Timofeev
1970Pterospermopsimorpha Andrews
1983Pterospermopsimorpha Knoll and Calder p. 493
2023Pterospermopsimorpha Riedman et al. p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
RankNameAuthor
genusPterospermopsimorphaTimofeev 1962

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. †Pterospermopsimorpha Timofeev 1962
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†Pterospermopsimorpha kelar Timofeev 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Statherian to the top of the Ediacaran or 1800.00000 to 538.80000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0Australia (Northern Territory) P. spp. (232731 232734 232740 232747)
Statherian - Calymmian1800.0 - 1400.0China (Tianjin) P. sp. indet. (242311)
Stenian1200.0 - 1000.0Canada (Nunavut) P. insolita (221355) P. sp. (227556)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. sp. (227777)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Canada (Northwest Territories) P. pileiformis (614)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Sweden (Jonkoping) P. insolita, P. pileiformis (242318)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8Estonia (Ida-Viru) P. insolita, P. pileiformis (221354)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8Estonia (Merikula) P. granulata, P. insolita, P. pileiformis (221270)