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Prasinophytae

Taxonomy
Prasinophytae was named as an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was reranked as the class Prasinophyceae by Taylor et al. (2008).

It was assigned to Chloroplastida by Adl et al. (2005); and to Chlorophyta by Taylor et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Prasinophytae Adl et al. p. 401 figs. Table 1
2008Prasinophyceae Taylor et al. p. 1027

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
RankNameAuthor
Chloroplastida
Prasinophytae
Prasinophytae

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.

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G. †Crassosphaera Cookson and Manum 1960
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Crassosphaera concinna Cookson and Manum 1960
Crassosphaera digitata Cookson and Manum 1960
Crassosphaera stellulata Cookson and Manum 1960
G. †Duvernaysphaera Staplin 1961
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Duvernaysphaera tessella Deunff 1964
Fm. †Pterospermellaceae Eisenack 1972
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G. †Stellinium Jardiné et al. 1972
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Stellinium micropolygonale Stockmans and Willière 1960
G. †Tasmanites Newton 1875
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Tasmanites punctatus Newton 1875
Tasmanites vindhyanensis Maithy and Shukla 1977
Invalid names: Pyramimonadales [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Statherian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 1800.00000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1600.0 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Tasmanites vindhyanensis (227768)
Mesoproterozoic1600.0 - 1000.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Tasmanites sp. (225847)
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Congo-Kinshasa Tasmanites sp. (227766)
Nemakit-Daldynian - Tommotian541.0 - 520.0Russian Federation (Sakha) Tasmanites tenellus (99229)
Early/Lower Cambrian541.0 - 513.0Norway (Svalbard Archipelago) Tasmanites bobrowskii, Tasmanites tenellus (148618) Tasmanites tenellus, Tasmanites bobrowskii, Tasmanites volkovae (148617 148621)
Cambrian541.0 - 485.4Finland (Soderfjarden) Tasmanites sp. (41196)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) Tasmanites minutus (24576 24577)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Tasmanites sp. (206346)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Canada (Ontario) Tasmanites sp. (40058)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) Tasmanites sp. (40039)
Late/Upper Givetian388.1 - 383.7Turkey Stellinium micropolygonale (200386)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Turkey Stellinium micropolygonale (200387)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (Ontario) Tasmanites sp. (633)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Ohio) Tasmanites sp., Stellinium cristatum, Stellinium inflatum, Stellinium octoaster (23340)
Kinderhookian360.7 - 353.8USA (Indiana) Tasmanites sp. (6730 6731)
Rotliegendes - Ufimian298.9 - 272.5Norway Tasmanites spp. (31335 31344 31346 31374)
Griesbachian252.17 - 251.3Norway Tasmanites spp. (31356 31359 31361 31397 31398 31403)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Norway Tasmanites sp. (31369)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Israel Tasmanites spp. (31450)
Rhaetian - Sinemurian208.5 - 190.8United Kingdom (England) Crassosphaera sp. (25838)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) Tasmanites spp. (38401)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France (Franche-Comté) Tasmanites sp. (142143)
Valanginian - Barremian139.8 - 125.0Chile (Doceava Región) Tasmanites spp. (150028)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Tasmanites sp. (223031)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Brazil (Maranhão) Tasmanites sp. (150515)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Antarctica Tasmanites spp. (150509)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Antarctica Crassosphaera spp. (153424)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) Tasmanites sp. (151587) Tasmanites spp. (142150 142151 142152 142154 142219 142222)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene28.4 - 5.333Argentina Tasmanites sp. (169468)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Azerbaijan Crassosphaera sp. (116622 116632 116637)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Azerbaijan Tasmanites sp. (116623)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Tasmanites spp. (142224 142225 142226)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) Tasmanites sp. (144210)