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Pilosisporites ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pilosisporites | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 318 - 315 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 72.1 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. Vallati. 2006. Las primeras angiospermas en el Cretácico de la Cuenca Neuquina (Centro Oeste de Argentina): Aspectos geológicos relacionados. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 9(1):83-92 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Pilosisporites crassiangulatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pilosisporites ericeus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pilosisporites grandis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Pilosisporites notensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Pilosisporites parvispinosus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Pilosisporites trichopapillosus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 33 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Pilosisporites verus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1955 | Pilosisporites Delcourt and Sprumont |
| 1963 | Pilosisporites Dettmann |
References
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!
