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Concavisporites

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)276946https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=276946
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta : Concavisporites
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
kingdomPlantaeHaeckel 1866
subkingdomEmbryophytaCrane et al. 2004
phylumPteridophytaHaeckel 1875
genusConcavisporitesDelcourt and Sprumont 1955
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Concavisporitesgenusbelongs to Pteridophytastated with evidencePflug, 1953
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)9
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (11%)
First Recorded Appearance265 - 260 Ma
Permian
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. E. Quattrocchio, M. A. Martínez, and A. Carpinelli Pavisich, W. Volkheimer. 2006. Early Cretaceous palynostratigraphy, palynofacies and palaeoenvironments of well sections in northeastern Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 27:584-602

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Concavisporites antveilleriensis
species
listed (PBDB)
Concavisporites crassus
species
listed (PBDB)
Concavisporites jurienensis
species
listed (PBDB)
Concavisporites laticrassus
species
listed (PBDB)1125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Concavisporites limatus
species
listed (PBDB)
Concavisporites semiangulatus
species
listed (PBDB)2197 Ma
Early Jurassic
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Concavisporites sinuatus
species
listed (PBDB)4109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Concavisporites variverrucatus
species
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1953Concavisporites Pflug
1955Concavisporites Delcourt and Sprumont

References

Quattrocchio M. E., Martínez M. A., et al (2006) Early Cretaceous palynostratigraphy, palynofacies and palaeoenvironments of well sections in northeastern Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, Cretaceous Research 27, 584-602 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2005.11.012
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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