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Protocodium sinense

Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Codiaceae

Taxonomy
Protocodium sinense was named by Chai et al. (2022). Its type specimen is NWULJG 10,034 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lijiagou section, upper Beiwan Mmb, which is in an Ediacaran shallow subtidal dolomite in the Dengying Formation of China. It is the type species of Protocodium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Protocodium sinense Chai et al. p. 5 figs. 2, 3, S2, S3

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classUlvophyceae
orderBryopsidalesSchaffner 1922
familyCodiaceaeKützing 1843
genusProtocodium
speciessinense

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.

Protocodium sinense Chai et al. 2022
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: "photoautotroph"o
Created: 2007-10-23 01:56:40
Modified: 2007-10-23 03:56:40
Source: o = order, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 541.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0China (Shaanxi) Protocodium sinense (type locality: 200480)