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Spermatites

Taxonomy
Spermatites was named by Miner (1935). It is not extant. Its type is Spermatites elongatus.

It was assigned to Plantae by Andrews (1970).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Spermatites Miner
1970Spermatites Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
RankNameAuthor
genusSpermatitesMiner 1935

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. †Spermatites Miner 1935
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Spermatites elongatus Miner 1935
Spermatites indicus Srivastava 1955
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Pennsylvanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 323.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (79 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Michigan) S. reticulatus (10778) S. reticulatus, S. globosus, S. cylix (10885)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3India (Jharkhand) S. indicus (225022)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3India S. sp. 1 (30153)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.3India (Madhya Pradesh) S. indicus, S. orbicularis (230095)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Russian Federation S. sp. 1 (30671)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Orissa) S. sp. (43674)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Greenland S. arcuatus, S. ovatus, S. nanus, S. ellipticus, S. pylophorus, S. elongatus, S. orbicularis (32481) S. ellipticus, S. orbicularis (32480) S. nanus, S. ellipticus, S. elongatus (32505)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (Nunavut) S. ellipticus (32588 32589 32593 32595)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Canada (Nunavut) S. ellipticus, S. spp. (32584)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Canada (Nunavut) S. ellipticus (32590)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) S. piperiformis (32621 32624 32684 32693) S. piperiformis, S. sp. (32620 32685 32686) S. sp. (32607 32609 32610 32613 32623 32638 32639 32640 32641 32642 32644 32646 32647 32648 32675 32676 32677 32678 32679 32680 32681 32682 32683 32687 32688 32689 32691 32692 32694 32696 32939)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Iowa) S. ellipticus, S. sp., S. elongatus (32479) S. sp. (32524)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Minnesota) S. sp. (31943 31945 31950 31951)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8Canada (Nunavut) S. spp. (32582)
Cenomanian - Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Kansas) S. sp. (32655)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Alberta) S. sp. B (33061)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Alberta) S. ellipticus (31733 31734 31804) S. ellipticus, S. maximus (31803) S. sp. A (31825) S. sp. A, S. sp. B (31828)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Alberta) S. sp. (33034)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) S. ellipticus, S. piperiformis, S. nanus (33081) S. ovatus (33077) S. sp. (33058) S. sp., S. transversus (33054) S. transversus (33048)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Canada (Nunavut) S. spp. (32600 32601 32602)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene70.6 - 61.7Canada (Alberta) S. minimus (33087)