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Densoisporites

Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales

Taxonomy
Densoisporites was named by Dettmann (1963) [(Weyland and Krieger, 1953) emend.Dettmann, 1963.]. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Selaginellaceae by Weyland and Krieger (1953); and to Selaginellales by Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Densoisporites Weyland and Krieger
1963Densoisporites Dettmann
2023Densoisporites Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumLycopodiophytaScott 1900
classLycopodiopsidaBartling 1830
RankNameAuthor
orderSelaginellalesPrantl 1874
genusDensoisporitesDettmann 1963

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. †Densoisporites Dettmann 1963
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†Densoisporites contactus Bharadwaj 1977
†Densoisporites corrugatus Archangelsky and Gamerro 1965
†Densoisporites laevigatus Waksmundzka 1992
†Densoisporites mesozoicus Singh et al. 1964
†Densoisporites perinatus Brenner 1963
†Densoisporites triradiatus Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
†Densoisporites velatus Dettmann 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Autunian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 298.90000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (210 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Autunian298.9 - 283.5Israel D. complicatus (31580) D. indicus (31517)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Italy D. holospongia (32196 32205) D. holospongia, D. playfordii (32197)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Israel D. complicatus (31469 31473 31474 31506 31507 31557 31558) D. playfordi (31471 31554 31559) D. playfordi, D. complicatus (31551)
Zechstein259.51 - 254.14Italy D. holospongia (31836)
Buntsandstein259.51 - 251.902Germany D. nejburgii (27293 27294 27295 27434 27577 27590 27597 27642) D. nejburgii, D. playfordii (27439) D. playfordii (27004 27137 27138 27141 27292 27327 27328 27344 27345 27435 27436 27438 27598) D. playfordii, D. nejburgii (27139 27140 27142 27165 27261 27270 27272 27273 27274 27346 27437 27578 27580 27581 27643)
Buntsandstein259.51 - 251.902Poland D. playfordii, D. sp. (25722)
Buntsandstein - Griesbachian259.51 - 250.5Germany D. playfordii (27433) D. playfordii, D. nejburgii (27164)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Norway D. nejburgii (31367)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Tunisia (Jeffara) D. playfordi (44739)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Hungary D. nejburgii (138908 139520)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Israel D. nejburgii (31461 31462 31498 31500 31501 31502 31504 31535 31536) D. nejburgii, D. playfordi (31465 31537 31550) D. playfordi (31464 31534)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Poland D. playfordii, D. sp. (24961 24967)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Norway D. complicatus, D. nejburgii (31360 31361) D. complicatus, D. spp. (31388 31394) D. nejburgii (31358 31359 31397 31406) D. nejburgii, D. playfordii (31354) D. nejburgii, D. playfordii, D. complicatus (31389 31390) D. nejburgii, D. playfordii, D. spp. (31393) D. spp. (31392)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Hungary D. nejburgii (138909 139176 139177 139179 139180 139181 139436 139438 139443 139516 139517 139518)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Norway D. nejburgii (31368)
Dienerian - Smithian250.5 - 247.2Madagascar D. complicatus, D. nejburgii, D. playfordii, D. spp. (31351)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Israel D. nejburgii (31450 31527 31529 31530 31531)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Poland (Swietoryzskie) D. sp. (175801)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Israel D. nejburgii (32259 32261 32262)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Serbia and Montenegro (Montenegro) D. sp. A, D. sp. B, D. sp. C (24568)
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Cenomanian174.7 - 93.5Egypt (Western Desert) D. sp. (139303)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) D. velatus (31054)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France D. erdtmanii, D. velatus (31319)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France (Franche-Comté) D. fissus, D. perinatus (142143)
Middle Oxfordian - Tithonian161.2 - 145.0Tanzania (Lindi Region) D. sp. (142755)
Neocomian - Barremian145.0 - 125.0Sudan (South Kurdufan) D. sp. (172848 172852 172857 172859 172864)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Gujarat) D. velatus (32379 227025)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Portugal D. perinatus (73496)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Portugal D. perinatus (73324)
Barremian - Albian129.4 - 100.5Israel (Southern Coastal Plain) D. sp. (144172)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) D. corrugatus (150516) D. patagonicus (223077) D. patagonicus, D. velatus (222996) D. velatus (222982 223004 223078 223081 223086 223335) D. velatus, D. corrugatus (149982 150185 150335 222984 223031 223059 223334)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Zabaykal'ye) D. vellatus (232390)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Portugal D. perinatus (73548) D. perinatus, D. triradiatus (73582)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Egypt (Western Desert) D. spp. (142220)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) D. velatus, D. corrugatus (149849 149850)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) D. velatus, D. corrugatus (150615)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Maranhão) D. sp. (150515)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) D. velatus, D. corrugatus (149927)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0India (Gujarat) D. sp., D. mesozoicus (32378)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Egypt (Western Desert) D. spp. (142221)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Antarctica D. velatus (153429 153431 153432)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) D. velatus (164488 164490)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Egypt (Western Desert) D. velatus (144954)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) D. corrugatus (149846)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) D. corrugatus (149746)
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian112.03 - 93.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) D. velatus, D. corrugatus, D. perinatus (149928)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Antarctica D. velatus (153430)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Egypt (Western Desert) D. sp. (139325 139332)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica D. velatus (153426)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Jersey) D. perinatus (34141)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.5 - 85.8Antarctica D. velatus (169324 169325 169326)
Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.5Antarctica D. velatus (169329 169330 169331 169332 169334 169335 169337 169338 169339 169340 169341 169342 169343 169344 169346 169348 169349 169351 169352)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Antarctica D. velatus (150509 169354)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Antarctica D. velatus (153425)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica D. velatus (153427)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) D. velatus (151446 151452)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) D. velatus (152264)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Antarctica D. sp. (169265 169267 169268 169269 169270 169272 169273 169274 169275)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (New South Wales) D. sp. (224044)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) D. sp. (166707)