Cicatricosisporites

Cicatricosisporites

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SchizaeaceaePBDB
Diet
"photoautotroph"PBDB, for Streptophyta

Time the record covers

At least 149 million years on record.

The record covers at least 154.8 Mya to 5.333 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 174.7 Mya to 2.58 Mya.

Early Jurassic — about 0 of 896 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 3 of 896 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 7 of 896 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 562 of 896 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 202 of 896 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 17 of 896 occurrencesEocene — about 101 of 896 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 0 of 896 occurrencesMiocene — about 4 of 896 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 1 of 896 occurrencesPleistocene — about 0 of 896 occurrences178–172 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences172–166 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences166–160 Mya — about 3 occurrences160–154 Mya — about 3 occurrences154–148 Mya — about 1 occurrence148–143 Mya — about 2 occurrences143–137 Mya — about 11 occurrences137–131 Mya — about 16 occurrences131–125 Mya — about 26 occurrences125–119 Mya — about 84 occurrences119–113 Mya — about 178 occurrences113–107 Mya — about 152 occurrences107–101 Mya — about 88 occurrences101–95 Mya — about 125 occurrences95–89 Mya — about 30 occurrences89–83 Mya — about 1 occurrence83–77 Mya — about 7 occurrences77–71 Mya — about 12 occurrences71–65 Mya — about 36 occurrences65–59 Mya — about 12 occurrences59–53 Mya — about 10 occurrences53–48 Mya — about 18 occurrences48–42 Mya — about 26 occurrences42–36 Mya — about 34 occurrences36–30 Mya — about 15 occurrences30–24 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences24–18 Mya — about 2 occurrences18–12 Mya — about 2 occurrences12–5.9 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences5.9–0 Mya — about 1 occurrence154.8 Mya5.333 Mya178 Mya0 Mya

896 occurrences of Cicatricosisporites on record, most of them in the Early Cretaceous. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

896 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

96 formations

Riachuelo — 10.65°S, 37.04°WAbu Gabra — 11.03°N, 27.74°EBathurst Island — 11.79°S, 130.23°EBathurst Island — 11.78°S, 130.35°EAgua Doce — 3.69°S, 44.56°WBentiu — 11.03°N, 27.74°EMuribeca — 10.65°S, 37.04°WYaw — 23.23°N, 94.25°EOcal — 2.62°N, 75.53°WKharita — 29.00°N, 29.00°EKharita — 29.86°N, 28.74°EAlamein — 29.00°N, 29.00°EQueimadas — 3.69°S, 44.56°WPreguicas — 3.69°S, 44.56°WTambo — 27.34°S, 135.72°ETambo — 29.13°S, 140.88°ECaballos — 2.62°N, 75.53°WKachaike — 49.06°S, 72.14°WKachaike — 48.82°S, 72.12°WKachaike — 49.00°S, 72.00°WRunnymede — 37.37°S, 140.90°EBurg El-Arab — 30.99°N, 27.77°EBahariya — 30.99°N, 27.77°EBahariya — 29.00°N, 29.00°ESix Hills — 25.00°N, 28.50°ESix Hills — 25.50°N, 29.00°ESix Hills — 25.50°N, 29.25°ERio Mayer — 49.06°S, 72.14°WRio Mayer — 48.82°S, 72.12°WDensuș-Ciula — 45.62°N, 22.78°EHell Creek — 46.29°N, 103.95°WHell Creek — 46.02°N, 103.76°WSan Fernando — 4.90°N, 73.02°WWeald Clay — 51.13°N, 0.35°W

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The named rock units Cicatricosisporites has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 72 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 155 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Cicatricosisporites and its relatives

Early Cretaceous

Where Cicatricosisporites and its relatives were recorded in the Early Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

1,234 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 403 sites for Cicatricosisporites, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

86 references

Each of the 896 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 74 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

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Picture of Cicatricosisporites

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No 3D scan of Cicatricosisporites was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itSchizaeaceae through timeFormations of the Early CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Potonie and Gelletich 1933