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Cystosporites

Taxonomy
Cystosporites was named by Schopf (1953). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Plantae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Species
C. indicus
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. devonicus, C. giganteus, C. varius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Cystosporites Schopf
1976Cystosporites Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
RankNameAuthor
genusCystosporitesSchopf 1953

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. †Cystosporites Schopf 1953
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†Cystosporites indicus Trivedi 1953
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Devonian to the top of the Kungurian or 382.31000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian - Famennian393.47 - 358.86United Kingdom (England) C. devonicus, C. sp. (23428)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86Canada (Quebec) C. devonicus (21131)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) C. devonicus (34493)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.4United Kingdom (England) C. giganteus, C. varius (23879)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4India (Uttar Pradesh) C. sp., C. indicus (225028)