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Microcachryidites

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Taxonomy
Microcachryidites was named by Cookson (1947). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Podocarpaceae by Cookson (1947), Vallati et al. (2016), Vallati et al. (2020), Vera et al. (2022) and Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Microcachryidites Cookson
2016Microcachryidites Vallati et al. p. 498
2020Microcachryidites Vallati et al. p. 5
2022Microcachryidites Vera et al.
2023Microcachryidites Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderConiferales
familyPodocarpaceaeEndlicher 1847
genusMicrocachryiditesCookson 1947

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. †Microcachryidites Cookson 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
Pollen grain height30.0160.0130.0210.0170.006
Pollen grain diameter30.028--0.028-

No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Oligocene or 259.90000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (173 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (27106)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Netherlands (Gelderland) M. fastidioides (232075 232078)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Gujarat) M. antarcticus (224785 225331 227057 227058)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Gujarat) M. sp., M. antarcticus (224625)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Gujarat) M. sp. (224770 224771)
Valanginian - Barremian139.8 - 125.0Chile (Doceava Región) M. antarcticus (150014 150025)
Barremian - Santonian129.4 - 83.6Antarctica M. antarcticus (153420)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. sp., M. antarcticus (150615)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0India (Gujarat) M. antarcticus (32378)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Antarctica M. antarcticus (153429 153431 153432)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) M. antarcticus (164488 164489 164490 164522 164523 164524 164525 164526 164528 164529 164530)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Antarctica M. antarcticus (153421 153422)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Australia (South Australia) M. antarcticus (163896 163897 163898 163899 163900 163901 163902)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Antarctica M. antarcticus (153430)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Northern Territory) M. antarcticus (163481 163482 163483 163484 163505 163506 163507 163508 163509 163510 163511 163512 163513 163514 163515)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica M. antarcticus (153426 153428)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (South Australia) M. antarcticus (163584)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0India M. antarcticus (224605)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene100.5 - 61.7Argentina (Chubut) M. antarcticus, M. cesariae (195707)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Eocene100.5 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) M. antarcticus (170882 170885 170892 170895 170905)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Argentina (Mendoza) M. antarcticus (149812)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Australia (Northern Territory) M. antarcticus (163516 163819)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.5 - 85.8Antarctica M. antarcticus (169324 169325 169326)
Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.5Antarctica M. antarcticus (169329 169330 169331 169332 169334 169335 169337 169338 169339 169340 169341 169342 169343 169344 169346 169348 169349 169351 169352)
Coniacian - Maastrichtian89.8 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) M. antarcticus (233992)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Argentina (Mendoza) M. antarcticus (149816)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Antarctica M. antarcticus (169354) M. sp., M. antarcticus (150509)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Antarctica M. antarcticus (153425)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica M. antarcticus (153427)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Antarctica M. antarcticus (150182)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) M. antarcticus (168549)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica M. sp. (150237 150271)
Late/Upper Campanian - Danian83.5 - 61.6Antarctica M. antarcticus (168697)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. antarcticus (149974)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) M. antarcticus (149815 150882 151446 151452 199410) M. antarcticus, M. cesariae (31653) M. sp. (168393)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Antarctica M. antarcticus (153424)
Maastrichtian - Paleocene72.1 - 56.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) M. antarcticus (167420)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. antarcticus (206968 231725)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) M. antarcticus (234014)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) M. antarcticus (168421 168422 168425 168433 168434 168545)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) M. antarcticus (136508 151453 151455 151456 151457 151458 151459 151460 151461 151462 151463 152264 167921 167922)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Danian66.0 - 61.6Antarctica (Seymour Island) M. antarcticus (168705)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina (Chubut) M. antarcticus (136554)
Paleocene - Oligocene66.0 - 23.03Antarctica M. antarcticus (167422)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Australia (New South Wales) M. antarcticus (166738 167491 167504 167506 167507 167511 167514 167515 167516)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Australia (Tasmania) M. antarcticus (166741)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Antarctica M. antarticus (169264 169265 169266 169267 169268 169269 169270 169272 169273 169274 169275)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. antarcticus (167885)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Argentina (Neuquén) M. antarcticus (136911)
Late/Upper Eocene (glacial)37.2 - 33.9Antarctica (Prydz Bay) M. antarcticus (168823 168824)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Australia (Victoria) M. antarcticus (167130)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Tasmania) M. antarcticus (166832)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) M. antarcticus (167544 169006 169007 169237)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Australia (Tasmania) M. antarcticus (166703 167314)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) M. antarcticus (143211 143212)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97New Zealand (Southland) M. antarcticus (169981)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene28.4 - 5.333Argentina M. antarcticus (169468)