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Pediastrum musterii

Chlorophyceae

Taxonomy
Pediastrum musterii was named by Tell and Mantolini (1990). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Pediastrum musterii Tell and Mantolini

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
RankNameAuthor
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
genusPediastrumMeyen 1829
speciesmusteriiTell and Mantolini 1990

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.

Pediastrum musterii Tell and Mantolini 1990
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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: Paleogene or 66.00000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Argentina (Chubut) Pediastrum musterii (152926)