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Polypodiidites

Angiospermae - Buxales

Taxonomy
Polypodiidites was named by Potonié (1966). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Polypodiaceae by Ross (1949) and Vera et al. (2022); and to Buxales by Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Polypodiidites Ross
1966Polypodiidites Potonié
2022Polypodiidites Vera et al.
2023Polypodiidites Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
orderBuxalesTakhtajan 1996
genusPolypodiiditesPotonié 1966

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. †Polypodiidites Potonié 1966
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†Polypodiidites horridus Blackhouse 1978
†Polypodiidites ratnamii Ramanujam 1967
†Polypodiidites speciosus Archangelsky 1972
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Invalid names: Verrucatosporites speciosus Harris 1965 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 125.00000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (77 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp. (222996) P. sp. A (149982) P. sp. A, P. sp. B (150335)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp. (150615)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) P. sp. (52072)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp. 1 (149973)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) P. sp. (168393 168394)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) P. sp. (67818)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp. (231725)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) P. sp. (152264) P. speciosus (151454 151455 151457 172890)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Venezuela (Zulia) Verrucatosporites speciosus (151711)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Venezuela (Zulia) Verrucatosporites speciosus (151742 151758 151764)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. speciosus (167899)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Venezuela (Zulia) Verrucatosporites speciosus (151766 151769 151772 151774 151775 151776 151777 151779 151780 151781 151783 151784 151786 151787 151788 151789 151790 151791 151792 151793 151794 151795 151796 151798 151799 151800 151802 151804 151806 151808 151809 151811 151812 151818 151819 151820 151821 151822 151823 151824 151825 151826 151827 151828 151829 151830 151831 151832 151833 151834)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. (166832)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. inangahuensis (151587)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Australia (Tasmania) P. inungahuensis (167314) P. perverrucatus (166703)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) P. radiatus (144140)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India (Tamil Nadu) P. delicatissimus, P. magniverrucosus, P. ratnamii (224618)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) P. perverrucatus (166707)