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Cicatricososporites

Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Schizaeaceae

Taxonomy
Cicatricososporites was named by Pflug and Thomson (1953). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Pteridopsida by Pflug and Thomson (1953) and Pflug and Thomson (1953); and to Schizaeaceae by Huang et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Cicatricososporites Pflug and Thomson
2023Cicatricososporites Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderSchizaeales
familySchizaeaceaeKaulfuss
genusCicatricososporitesPflug and Thomson 1953

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. †Cicatricososporites Pflug and Thomson 1953
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Cicatricososporites decussatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Cicatricososporites eocenicus Jansonius and Hills 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 105.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Cenomanian174.7 - 93.5Egypt (Western Desert) C. ellipsoideus (139303)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Egypt (Western Desert) C. ellipsoideus (139332 139335)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Colombia C. decussatus, C. eocenicus (29074) C. eocenicus (28861 29073 29075 29077 29079)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar (Sagaing) C. eocenicus (227631)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) C. eocenicus (227634 227646 227647 227651 227665 227666 227670 227675 227700 227709 227710 227720 227783 227787)