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Elaterosporites protensus (elaterate)

Cycadopsida - Gnetales

Taxonomy
Elaterosporites protensus was named by Jardiné (1967) [Elaterosporites protensus (Stover) nov. comb.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Galeacornea protensa Stover
1967Elaterosporites protensus Jardiné

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumCycadophytaBessey 1907
classCycadopsidaBrongniart 1843
RankNameAuthor
orderGnetales
genusElaterosporites
speciesprotensus

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.

†Elaterosporites protensus Jardiné 1967 [elaterate]
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Invalid names: Galeacornea protensa Stover 1963 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 122.46000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Peru (Loreto) Elaterosporites protensus (144300)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Nigeria Elaterosporites protensus (137263)
Albian - Aptian113.0 - 113.0Cote D'Ivoire (Abidjan) Elaterosporites protensus (137356)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Peru (Loreto) Elaterosporites protensus (144971)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Ghana (Sekondi-Takoradi) Elaterosporites protensus (142244 142246 142248 142249)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Senegal Galeacornea protensa (137241)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Peru (Loreto) Elaterosporites protensus (144308 144309 144310)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3Brazil (Maranhao) Elaterosporites protensus (142284 142285 142286 142287 142288 142289 142290 142291 142292 142293 142294 142295 142296 142297 142298 144230 144232 144233 144234 144235 144236 144237)
Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian109.0 - 93.5Egypt (Western Desert) Elaterosporites protensus (144955)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt (Western Desert) Elaterosporites protensus (144958)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Peru (Loreto) Elaterosporites protensus (144972)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Brazil (Para) Elaterosporites protensus (144297)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Brazil (Maranhao) Elaterosporites protensus (142277 142278 142279 142280 142281 142282 142283 144221 144223)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Senegal (Dakar) Elaterosporites protensus (137360)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Cote D'Ivoire (Abidjan) Elaterosporites protensus (137355)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (Western Desert) Elaterosporites protensus (144959 144960)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Ghana (Sekondi-Takoradi) Elaterosporites protensus (142223 142229 142231 142232 142234 142238 142239 142240)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil (Sergipe) Elaterosporites protensus (144290 144291)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil (Maranhao) Elaterosporites protensus (139464 142276)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Senegal (Dakar) Elaterosporites protensus (137361)
Turonian - Maastrichtian93.9 - 66.0Cote D'Ivoire (Abidjan) Elaterosporites protensus (137357)