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Sporites

Taxonomy
Sporites was named by Potonié (1893). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Plantae by Venkatachala et al. (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Sporites Potonié
1968Sporites Venkatachala et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
RankNameAuthor
genusSporitesPotonié 1893

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. †Sporites Potonié 1893
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Buntsandstein to the top of the Jurassic or 259.51000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Poland Sporites indet. (26113)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Poland Sporites indet. (24685 24686 24687 24688 24717 24929 24947 24950 24958 24990 24991 24992 24993 24994 24997 24998 25884 25889 25890 25891 25969 25970 26072 26103 26105 26112 26193 26194 26198)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Germany S. sp. (26069)
Buntsandstein259.51 - 251.902Poland Sporites indet. (25722)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Poland Sporites indet. (24961 24967)
Jurassic201.4 - 145.0Canada (Nunavut) S. adriennis (102065)