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Punctatosporites morosus

Polypodiopsida

Taxonomy
Punctatosporites morosus was named by Venkatachala and Kar (1968). It is not extant. Its type locality is Badam, which is in an Artinskian/Kungurian fluvial horizon in India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. compactus, P. glaber, P. granifer, P. minutus, P. punctatus, P. rotundus
Entered
by B. Allen on 2022-06-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Punctatosporites morosus Venkatachala and Kar
1976Punctatosporites morosus Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
RankNameAuthor
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
genusPunctatosporitesIbrahim 1933
speciesmorosusVenkatachala and Kar 1968

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.

†Punctatosporites morosus Venkatachala and Kar 1968
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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 Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4India (Jharkhand) Punctatosporites morosus (type locality: 224662 224664)