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Couperisporites

Taxonomy
Couperisporites was named by Pocock (1962). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bryophyta by Archangelsky and Archangelsky (2005).

Species
C. lilianae, C. tabulatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. complexus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Couperisporites Pocock
2005Couperisporites Archangelsky and Archangelsky

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumBryophyta
RankNameAuthor
genusCouperisporitesPocock 1962

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. †Couperisporites Pocock 1962
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†Couperisporites lilianae Archangelsky et al. 2008
†Couperisporites tabulatus Dettmann 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 145.00000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian145.0 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) C. complexus (32353)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5Argentina (San Luis) C. sp. A (151090)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) C. complexus (45193)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. lilianae (149927)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. lilianae (149846)