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Monosulcites

Angiospermae

Taxonomy
Monosulcites was named by Cookson and Couper (1953). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Monocotyledoneae by Cookson and Couper (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Monosulcites Cookson and Couper

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
subclassMonocotyledoneae
genusMonosulcitesCookson and Couper 1953

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. †Monosulcites Cookson and Couper 1953
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Subg. †Monosulcites (Palmidites) Couper 1953
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Monosulcites borassioides Dutta and Sah 1970
Monosulcites chaloneri Brenner 1963
Monosulcites couperi Sukh-Dev 1961
Monosulcites epakros Brenner 1963
Monosulcites glottus Brenner 1963
Monosulcites granulatus Couper 1960
Monosulcites kashmiriensis Ghosh and Lukose 1967
Monosulcites magnosagenatus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
Monosulcites magnus Dutta and Sah 1970
Monosulcites major Kemp 1970
Monosulcites maxima Cookson 1947
Monosulcites minima Cookson 1947
Monosulcites minimus Cookson 1947
Monosulcites neyveliense Ramanujam 1966
Monosulcites ovatus Sah and Kar 1970
Monosulcites parvus Potonié and Sah 1960
Monosulcites perspinosus Couper 1953
Monosulcites planus Dutta and Sah 1970
Monosulcites scabrus Brenner 1963
Monosulcites spinosus Brenner 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 259.90000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (122 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (27105 27106)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Poland M. sp. (24990)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Poland (Śląskie) M. sp. (132933)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Poland (Slaskie) M. minimus (85500)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7India (Rajasthan) M. sp., M. couperi (224684)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France M. carpentieri, M. minimus (31317) M. sp. (31321)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jammu & Kashmir) M. kashmiriensis (226932)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) M. couperi (224642)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Monosulcites indet. (31288)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Gujarat) M. sp. (224770 224771)
Valanginian - Hauterivian139.8 - 129.4Israel (Negev) M. sp. D (140288)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Egypt (Western Desert) M. Types AC (144964)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Israel (Negev) M. sp. B (140290) M. tectatus, M. sp. B (140291)
Barremian - Albian129.4 - 100.5Israel (Southern Coastal Plain) M. sp. 1 (144153 144154 144156 144160) M. subaranulosus, M. sp. 2 (144172)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. sp. (150615)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Maranhão) M. sp ., M. chaloneri (150515)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Israel (Negev) M. tectatus (140352)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Peru (Loreto) M. sp. (144967)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Nigeria (Maiduguri) M. sp. (139254 139255 139256 139257 139258 139259 139260 139263 139265 139266 139267 139268 139269 139271 139272 139273 139275 139277 139278 139279 139280)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Bahamas (Off-shore) M. chaloneri, M. minimus, M. epakros (142272 142273) M. minimus, M. epakros (142271 142275) Palmidites maximus, M. chaloneri, M. minimus, M. epakros (142274)
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.0 - 93.5Bahamas (cat Island) Palmidites maximus, M. chaloneri, M. minimus, M. epakros (140569)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Senegal (Dakar) M. sp. (137359)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Egypt (Western Desert) M. Types AC (144966)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3Brazil (Maranhao) M. sp. (142284 142285 142286 142287 142288 142289 142290 142291 142292 142293 142294 142295 142296 142297 142298 144230 144237)
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian112.03 - 93.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. sp. 1, Palmidites sp. (149928)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Brazil (Para) M. sp. (144297)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Brazil (Maranhao) M. sp. (142277 142278 142279 142280 142281 142282 142283)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Senegal (Dakar) M. sp. (137360)
Late/Upper Albian - Middle Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Nigeria (Gambe) M. sp. 1, M. sp. 2 (144198)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Jersey) M. scaber (34137 34141)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Cote D'Ivoire (Abidjan) M. sp. (137355)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Charente-Maritime) M. sp. (176637)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Madagascar (Toliara) M. sp. 1 (167942)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil (Maranhao) M. sp. (139464 142276)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Nigeria (Gambe) M. sp. 1 (144199)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Nigeria (Gambe) M. sp. 1 (144201)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica M. minutiscabratus (167466)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) M. riparius (73891)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) M. minutiscabratus (150882)
Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Eocene72.1 - 48.6Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. pseudospinosus, M. granulatus (167869)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) M. sp. (32522)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) M. minutiscabratus (168420 168421 168422 168424 168425 168426 168427 168432 168433 168545)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Canada (Manitoba) M. sp. (232088 232089 232093 232094 232095)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) M. minutiscabratus (167922) M. sp., M. minutiscabratus (152264)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0India (Meghalaya) M. borassioides, M. magnus, M. planus (224682) M. sp. (224683)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Madhya Pradesh) M. media, M. minima, M. spinosa (224606)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9India (Madhya Pradesh) M. sp. (224641)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India (Tamil Nadu) M. sp., M. neyveliense (224618)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene15.97 - 3.6South Atlantic (Falkland Islands) M. sp. A (169355 169356)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333India (Kerala) M. parvus (224707)