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Schizosporis

Taxonomy
Schizosporis was named by Cookson and Dettmann (1959). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Chlorophyta by Dettman (1986); and to Zygnemataceae by Vallati et al. (2016) and Vallati et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Schizosporis Cookson and Dettmann
1986Schizosporis Dettman
2016Schizosporis Vallati et al.
2020Schizosporis Vallati et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
RankNameAuthor
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
genusSchizosporisCookson and Dettmann 1959

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. †Schizosporis Cookson and Dettmann 1959
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†Schizosporis assamica Sah and Dutta 1966
†Schizosporis crassimurus Sah and Dutta 1966
†Schizosporis laevigatus Venkatachala 1968
†Schizosporis parvus Cookson and Dettmann 1959
†Schizosporis reticulatus Cookson and Dettmann 1959
†Schizosporis rugulatus Cookson and Dettmann 1959
†Schizosporis spriggi Cookson and Dettmann 1959
†Schizosporis sprigii Cookson and Dettman 1959
†Schizosporis vermiculatus Singh et al. 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2007-10-23 02:26:17
Modified: 2007-10-23 04:26:17
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Dienerian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 250.50000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian - Smithian250.5 - 247.2Madagascar S. spp. (31351)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Morocco (Figuig) S. sp. (176120)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Gujarat) S. laevigatus (225331 227057)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Gujarat) S. sp. (224625)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Gujarat) S. rugulatus (224620)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0India (Gujarat) S. reticulatus, S. sprigii, S. laevigatus, S. vermiculatus (32378)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) S. parvus (164490 164524 164526) S. reticulatus (164523) S. reticulatus, S. parvus (164489) S. reticulatus, S. parvus, S. sprigii (164525) S. reticulatus, S. rugulatus, S. sprigii (164488)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Bahamas (Off-shore) S. burcklei (142275)
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.0 - 93.5Bahamas (cat Island) S. burcklei (140569)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) S. sp. (149846)
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian112.03 - 93.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) S. reticulatus (149928)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Australia (South Australia) S. reticulatus (163898 163901) S. reticulatus, S. parvus (163896)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Morocco (Tarfaya) S. majusculus (144143)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (South Australia) S. reticulatus, S. parvus, S. rugulatus, S. sprigii (163584)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Jersey) S. reticulatus, S. parvus (34141)
Coniacian - Maastrichtian89.8 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) S. reticulatus (233992)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Antarctica S. reticulatus (150509)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Alberta) S. sp., S. parvus (207022)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) S. parvus (22659) S. sp., S. parvus (36264 55352)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) S. laevigatus (73891)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) S. reticulatus (229243 229244 229245 229246)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) S. cooksoni, S. sp., S. rugulatus (32522)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) S. reticulatus (152264)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) S. paleocenicus (11093 33818) S. spp. (33768 33769 33770 33772 33773 33776 33778 33779 33781 33783 33786 33787 33789 33791 33793 33796 33798 33801 33804 33806 33816 33820 33823 33825 33826 33828 33829 33830 33833 33837 33839 33840)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Australia (Tasmania) S. parvus (166703)