Quadrisporites

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(unranked):Acritarcha
Genus:Quadrisporites
J.P.F. Hennelly, 1959
Quadrisporites
Temporal range: Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Acritarcha
Genus: Quadrisporites
J.P.F. Hennelly, 1959
Species
  • Quadrisporites acanthifer Cramer & Díez, 1976
  • Quadrisporites horridus (Hennelly)
  • Quadrisporites lobatus (Tiwari & Navale)
  • Quadrisporites variabilis (Cramer, 1966) Jardine et al., 1971

Quadrisporites is an extinct genus of acritarchs. The species Q. horridus was located in outcrop Morro do Papaléo in the town of Mariana Pimentel in Brazil, the geopark Paleorrota. The outcrop is in the Rio Bonito Formation and date of Sakmarian in the Permian.[1]

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