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Anthoceromorpha

Taxonomy
Anthoceromorpha is a superphylum.

It was assigned to Embryobiotes by Kenrick and Crane (1997).

Subtaxa
Anthocerophyta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Anthoceromorpha Kenrick and Crane

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChlorobiota
subkingdomStreptobionta
—Embryobiotes
RankNameAuthor
superphylumAnthoceromorpha
superphylumAnthoceromorpha

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.

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Cl. †Anthocerotopsida Jancezewski 1872
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G. Anthoceros Linnaeus
Or. †Anthocerotales Limpricht and Cohn 1877
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G. Rudolphisporis Krutzsch 1963
Invalid names: Mohgaonites Karanjekar 1985 [nomen nudum]
Invalid names: Anthocerotophyceae [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04India (Madhya Pradesh) Mohgaonites indica (224606)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Middle Miocene27.3 - 11.63Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Anthoceros spp. (169381)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Portugal Anthoceros sp. (232112 232125 232147)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (Victoria) Anthoceros indet. (172833 172837 172868 172870 172873 172876 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Tanzania Anthocerotopsida indet. (21975)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Anthoceros sp. (168819 168889 168893 168904 168918 168924)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Portugal (Algarve) Anthoceros sp. (40985)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Anthoceros spp. (168747 168751 168752 168753 168754 168755 168756)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Anthoceros sp. (168937)