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Densosporites

Taxonomy
Densosporites was named by Berry (1937). It is extant.

It was assigned to Plantae by Berry (1937).

Species lacking formal opinion data
D. acleatus, D. aculeatus, D. lobatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Densosporites Berry

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
RankNameAuthor
genusDensosporites

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. Densosporites Berry 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Rhaetian or 409.10000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany (Gemuenden) D. atavus (26903)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7United Kingdom (Scotland) D. devonicus (22748) D. orcadensis (22772)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Canada (Northwest Territories) D. crassus (23422)
Middle Givetian383.0 - 380.2United Kingdom (Scotland) D. orcadensis (22766 22770)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Peru D. acleatus, D. aculeatus (34126)
Namurian330.9 - 318.7USA (Indiana) D. triangularis, D. sphaerotriangularis, D. irregularis, D. annulatus, D. spp. (64059)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.2 - 315.2USA (Arkansas) D. annulatus, D. irregularis (124539) D. sphaerotriangularis, D. triangularis (124904)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian - Middle Pennsylvanian323.2 - 307.0USA (Illinois) D. annulatus (127313) D. annulatus, D. sphaerotriangularis (126927) D. annulatus, D. sphaerotriangularis, D. triangularis (126926) D. ruhus, D. sinuosus, D. sphaerotriangularis, D. spp. (127312)
Bashkirian - Gzhelian323.2 - 298.9USA (Illinois) D. lobatus, D. sphaerotriangularis, D. triangularis (23577) D. lobatus, D. triangularis (23514) D. sphaerotriangularis, D. triangularis (23566) D. triangularis (23560 23563)
Bashkirian - Gzhelian323.2 - 298.9USA (Indiana) D. sphaerotriangularis, D. triangularis (23561)
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6USA (Indiana) D. spinifer, D. annulatus (64060)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kansas) D. sphaerotriangularis (127316)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kentucky) D. annulatus, D. glandulosus, D. sphaerotriangularis (126929)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) D. triangularis (127317)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Oklahoma) D. sphaerotriangularis (127315)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) D. sp. (10785) D. sp. B (10780) D. sp. B, D. sp. (10782)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Czech Republic (Krkonose) D. sp. (232614)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Oklahoma) D. sp. (24882)
Dienerian - Smithian250.5 - 247.2Madagascar D. sp. (31351)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Netherlands D. sp. (137658)
Jurassic201.4 - 145.0Canada (Nunavut) D. sp. (102065)