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Balmeisporites

Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae

Taxonomy
Balmeisporites was named by Cookson and Dettmann (1958). It is not extant. Its type is Balmeisporites holodictyus.

It was assigned to Salviniaceae by Cookson and Dettmann (1958); and to Araucariaceae by Archangelsky (1977).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Balmeisporites Cookson and Dettmann
1977Balmeisporites Archangelsky

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
superphylumTracheophyta
—Pteridobiotina
superphylumPteridophytanae
phylumEquisetophytaScott 1900
RankNameAuthor
classEquisetopsidaAgardh 1825
subclassPinidae
familyAraucariaceaeHenckel and Hochstetter 1865
genusBalmeisporitesCookson and Dettmann 1958

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. †Balmeisporites Cookson and Dettmann 1958
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†Balmeisporites glenelgensis Cookson and Dettman 1958
†Balmeisporites holodictyus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
†Balmeisporites tridictyus Cookson and Dettman 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 132.90000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (156 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Cenomanian174.7 - 93.5Egypt (Western Desert) B. sp. (139303)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Egypt (Western Desert) B. sp. (139323)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Egypt (El Wadi El Gadid) B. sp. (139494 139497) B. sp. 1, B. sp. (139495) B. sp., B. sp. 1 (139499)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Egypt (Western Desert) B. holodictyus (142198 142199 142200 142220)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0Egypt (Western Desert) B. sp. (139328)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Peru (Loreto) B. minutus (144299)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Egypt (Western Desert) B. aegyptiaca, B. auriculatus (144965)
Aptian - Cenomanian125.0 - 93.9Libya (Cyrenaica) B. sp., B. holodictyus (142508)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) B. holodyctios (32199)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Egypt (Western Desert) B. holodictyus (142202 142203 142204 142205 142221)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (Nunavut) B. holodictyus (32587 32588 32589 32593 32595)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Peru (Loreto) B. minutus (144967 144970)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) B. holodictyus (164488 164490 164524 164526 164528 164529 164530) B. holodictyus, B. tridictyus (164489 164525)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Canada (Nunavut) B. holodictyus (32584)
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian112.03 - 93.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) B. holodictyus (149928)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Canada (Alberta) B. sp. (31591 31595 31596)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Australia (South Australia) B. holodictyus (163897 163902)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Canada (Nunavut) B. holodictyus (32590)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Argentina (Santa Cruz) B. holodictyus (150201)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Australia (Victoria) B. holodictyus (43940 43945)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) B. glenelgensis (31697 31698 31699 31700 31701 31704 31706 31707 31708)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) B. glenelgensis (31679 31682 31683 31684 31685 31686 31687 31688 31689 31691 31692 31694)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Egypt (Western Desert) B. sp. (139325 139331 139332 139333 139335 139337)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Iowa) B. auriculata (32524)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Jersey) B. holodictyus, B. glenelgensis (34141)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Northern Territory) B. glenelgensis (163514)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8Canada (Nunavut) B. holodictyus (32582)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (Western Desert) B. holodictyus (142206 142207)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Alberta) B. glenelgensis (33059 33062 33063 33066 33067 33068 33070 33071 33072 33073 33074)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Alberta) B. glenelgensis (31731 31732 31733 31803 31804 31807 31809 31810 31811 31812 31815 31816 31819 31820 31821 31822 31823 31825 31826 31827 31843 31846 31851 31852 31853 31854 31855 31856 31857 31859 31861 31862 31863 31864 31865 31867 31869 31874 31875 31876 31877 31878 31936 31938 31948 31949)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Australia (Northern Territory) B. glenelgensis, B. tridictyus (163819)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Alberta) B. bellus, B. canadensis, B. sp. (33032) B. canadensis (33028) B. longirimosus (33000 33029) B. rarus (33023) B. rarus, B. sp. (32996) B. sp. (33036 33038) B. sp., B. kondinskayae (33027)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) B. bellus (52072)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) B. bellus, B. sp. (33076) B. kondinskayae (33079) B. sp. (33054 33058) B. striatellus (33048 33053)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene70.6 - 61.7Canada (Alberta) B. sp. (33086 33087)