Sporangites

noun

Spo·​ran·​gi·​tes

ˌspōrənˈjīt(ˌ)ēz

: a form genus of Paleozoic fossil organisms based on spores or spore cases apparently of plants of Lepidodendron and Calamites or related genera

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from sporangium + -ites

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