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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 170.30000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (208 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Denmark (Capital) M. richardsonii, M. sp. (33543)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Denmark (Bornholm Island) M. marginatus (33554)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Denmark (Bornholm Island) M. marginatus (33553)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian145.0 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) M. alius (32347)
Neocomian145.0 - 125.77Australia (Victoria) M. laceratus (33797) M. patagonicus (33743 33803 33926 33928 33942 33943) M. patagonicus, M. laceratus (33726 33795 33913 33914)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 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 Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Orissa) M. reticulatus, M. auriculatus (43674)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0United Kingdom (Sussex) M. alius (32067)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) M. marginatus (31954 32350)
Valanginian - Hauterivian139.8 - 129.4Poland (Czluchow) M. marginatus (33637)
Valanginian - Hauterivian139.8 - 129.4Poland (Nadle nictwo Klosnowo) M. richardsoni, M. marginatus (33641)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Canada (Yukon Territory) M. macroreticulatus (32568)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Canada (Yukon Territories) M. macroreticulatus (32569)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (45193)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. laceratus (43734)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian130.0 - 113.0Canada (Alberta) M. marginatus (31578 31585 31587 31664)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0China (Mongolia) M. absonus, M. elegans (31929) M. bellus (31890 31920 31930) M. yiminensis (31919 31922) M. yiminensis, M. bellus, M. absonus (31889 31927)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Argentina (Chubut) M. cheblii (34049)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Canada (Northwest Territories) M. alius, M. marginatus (32565) M. alius, M. venustus, M. marginatus (32566) M. venustus, M. marginatus (32567)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Australia (Victoria) M. patagonicus (43865 43867 43869)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0USA (Montana) M. sp. A (21156) M. sp. A, M. sp. B (21130) M. sp. B (21154)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0India (Gujarat) M. mineri, M. reticulatus, M. auriculatus, M. cutchensis, M. mesosporeoides (32378)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. sp., M. marginatus (32199)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. patagonicus (44189)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Nebraska) M. dissimilis, M. sp. B, M. sp. C (33434)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (Northwest Territories) M. alius, M. venustus, M. sp., M. marginatus (32564)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (Nunavut) M. alius, M. borealis, M. venustus (32588) M. alius, M. venustus (32593) M. borealis, M. venustus (32595)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Canada (Nunavut) M. alius (32584)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Australia (Victoria) M. patagonicus (43895 43898 43899 43905 43908 43911 43913)
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian112.03 - 93.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. aequatus, M. laceratus (149928)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Canada (Alberta) M. venustus (31655)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Canada (Nunavut) M. borealis, M. venustus (32590)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Canada (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)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. aequatus, M. laceratus (150201)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Australia (Victoria) M. laceratus (43937 43945) M. patagonicus (43941)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) M. dissimilis (31680) M. dissimilis, M. pterotus (31692)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) M. dissimilis (31711)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Minnesota) M. mirabilis (31943 31945 31950 31951)
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)
Cenomanian - Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Kansas) M. dissimilis (32655)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Alberta) M. dissimilis (33004 33009 33015 33066 33067)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (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)
Santonian - Coniacian86.3 - 86.3USA (Wyoming) M. pseudorichardsonii, M. sp. A (33436)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Alberta) M. borealis (32997) M. borealis, M. irregularis (33033) M. corrugatosus, M. delicatus (33029) M. corrugatosus, M. marginatus (33030) M. pseudorichardsoni (32998 33000)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Canada (Nunavut) M. irregularis, M. sp. (32603)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) M. pseudorichardsonii (33435)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Canada (Nunavut) M. sp. (32600 32601 32602)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) M. delicatus, M. irregularis (33056) M. deltoides (33047) M. irregularis (33045 33075)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Montana) M. glossoferus (Dijkstra) n. comb. (33433)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6Belgium (Leval-Trahegnies) M. mirabilissimus (34479 34697 34699)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Eocene58.7 - 33.9Netherlands (Maasniel) M. mirabilis (34404 34452 34453)