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Pilasporites

Taxonomy
Pilasporites was named by Balme (1956). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Gymnospermophyta by Burger (1996).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Pilasporites Balme
1996Pilasporites Burger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumGymnospermophytaCleal 1994
RankNameAuthor
genusPilasporitesBalme 1956

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. †Pilasporites Balme 1956
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Pilasporites brevis Sinha 1969
Pilasporites marcidus Balme 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Griesbachian or 387.70000 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian387.7 - 382.4Belgium P. plurigenus (22904)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Antarctica P. calculus (31340)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3India (Chhattisgarh) P. plurigenus (226912)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3India (Odisha) P. plurigenus (225489)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3India (Jharkhand) P. plurigenus (224701)
Kazanian - Zechstein272.5 - 254.14Norway P. spp. (31380 31386)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Norway P. spp. (31353 31354 31355 31358 31359 31361 31388 31390 31395 31400)