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Minerisporites

Lycopodiopsida - Isoetales

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Minerisporites Potonie
1985Minerisporites Lapasha and Miller
2020Minerisporites Vallati et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumLycopodiophytaScott 1900
classLycopodiopsidaBartling 1830
RankNameAuthor
orderIsoetales
genusMinerisporitesPotonie 1956

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. †Minerisporites Potonie 1956
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†Minerisporites aequatus Villar de Seoane and Archangelsky 2008
†Minerisporites auriculatus Singh et al. 1964
†Minerisporites cutchensis Singh et al. 1964
†Minerisporites laceratus Archangelsky and Villar de Seoane 1990
†Minerisporites marginatus Potonie 1956
†Minerisporites mesosporeoides Singh et al. 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 170.90000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (208 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3Denmark (Capital) M. richardsonii, M. sp. (33543)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Denmark (Bornholm Island) M. marginatus (33554)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Denmark (Bornholm Island) M. marginatus (33553)
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77Australia (Victoria) M. laceratus (33797) M. patagonicus (33743 33803 33926 33928 33942 33943) M. patagonicus, M. laceratus (33726 33795 33913 33914)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5India (Gujarat) M. auriculatus (32379 32382 32383 32386) M. auriculatus, M. cutchensis (32381) M. dharesiensis, M. mineri, M. reticulatus (32389) M. mineri, M. auriculatus, M. cutchensis (32384) M. reticulatus, M. auriculatus (32385)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5India (Orissa) M. reticulatus, M. auriculatus (43674)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0United Kingdom (Sussex) M. alius (32067)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) M. alius (32347)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) M. marginatus (31954 32350)
Valanginian - Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Poland (Czluchow) M. marginatus (33637)
Valanginian - Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Poland (Nadle nictwo Klosnowo) M. richardsoni, M. marginatus (33641)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Canada (Yukon Territory) M. macroreticulatus (32568)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Canada (Yukon Territories) M. macroreticulatus (32569)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (45193)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. laceratus (43734)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2China (Mongolia) M. absonus, M. elegans (31929) M. bellus (31890 31920 31930) M. yiminensis (31919 31922) M. yiminensis, M. bellus, M. absonus (31889 31927)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Canada (Alberta) M. marginatus (31578 31585 31587 31664)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Argentina (Chubut) M. cheblii (34049)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Canada (Northwest Territories) M. alius, M. marginatus (32565) M. alius, M. venustus, M. marginatus (32566) M. venustus, M. marginatus (32567)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2USA (Montana) M. sp. A (21156) M. sp. A, M. sp. B (21130) M. sp. B (21154)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Australia (Victoria) M. patagonicus (43865 43867 43869)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1India (Gujarat) M. mineri, M. reticulatus, M. auriculatus, M. cutchensis, M. mesosporeoides (32378)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. sp., M. marginatus (32199)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Australia (Victoria) M. patagonicus (43895 43898 43899 43905 43908 43911 43913)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (Northwest Territories) M. alius, M. venustus, M. sp., M. marginatus (32564)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (Nunavut) M. alius, M. borealis, M. venustus (32588) M. alius, M. venustus (32593) M. borealis, M. venustus (32595)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Nebraska) M. dissimilis, M. sp. B, M. sp. C (33434)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. patagonicus (44189)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Canada (Nunavut) M. alius (32584)
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. aequatus, M. laceratus (149928)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Canada (Alberta) M. venustus (31655)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Canada (Alberta) M. macroreticulatus (31645 31647 31648 31661) M. macroreticulatus, M. venustus (31649) M. macroreticulatus, M. venustus, M. marginatus (31663) M. marginatus (31590) M. venustus (31593 31594 31644 31646 31650 31657 31658) M. venustus, M. marginatus (31589)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Canada (Nunavut) M. borealis, M. venustus (32590)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Australia (Victoria) M. laceratus (43937 43945) M. patagonicus (43941)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. aequatus, M. laceratus (150201)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) M. dissimilis (31680) M. dissimilis, M. pterotus (31692)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) M. dissimilis (31711)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Iowa) M. mirabilis (32524)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) M. dissimilis (32605 32607 32613 32620 32621 32622 32623 32628 32638 32639 32640 32641 32642 32643 32644 32646 32647 32648 32654 32674 32675 32676 32677 32678 32679 32680 32681 32682 32683 32684 32685 32687 32688 32695) M. dissimilis, M. pterotus (32686) M. marginatus (32604)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Minnesota) M. mirabilis (31943 31945 31950 31951)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) M. dissimilis (33004 33009 33015 33066 33067)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) M. dissimilis (31733 31805 31806 31807 31809 31811 31814 31815 31820 31823 31824 31826 31846 31847 31850 31867 31868 31871 31878 31935 31944 31946 31947) M. dissimilis, M. pterotus (31734 31803 31804 31810 31813 31817 31819 31822 31825 31849) M. pterotus (31801 31816 31828 31840 31841 31860 31872 31936) M. sp. (31808)
Cenomanian - Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Kansas) M. dissimilis (32655)
Santonian - Coniacian85.7 - 85.7USA (Wyoming) M. pseudorichardsonii, M. sp. A (33436)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) M. borealis (32997) M. borealis, M. irregularis (33033) M. corrugatosus, M. delicatus (33029) M. corrugatosus, M. marginatus (33030) M. pseudorichardsoni (32998 33000)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) M. pseudorichardsonii (33435)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Canada (Nunavut) M. irregularis, M. sp. (32603)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) M. delicatus, M. irregularis (33056) M. deltoides (33047) M. irregularis (33045 33075)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Nunavut) M. sp. (32600 32601 32602)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (Montana) M. glossoferus (Dijkstra) n. comb. (33433)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07Belgium (Leval-Trahegnies) M. mirabilissimus (34479 34697 34699)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Eocene59.24 - 33.9Netherlands (Maasniel) M. mirabilis (34404 34452 34453)