Pediastrum Meyen 1829 (green algae)

Chlorophyceae

Parent taxon: Chlorophyceae according to Meyen 1829

See also Chauhan 1991 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Anatoliporaceae, Chaetophorales, Chlorococcales, Chlorotylites, Chuvashovia, Dascladales, Dasycladales, Euglena, Hungarodiscus, Hydrodictyaceae, Larvaria, Noremia, Paleosiphonocladales, Pediastrites, Pleurozonaria, Receptaculitidae, Scenedesmaceae, Tetrasporales, Ulothrix, Volvocales

Subtaxa: Pediastrum boryanum Pediastrum musterii

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (3 collections), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington)

• Miocene of Argentina (3), Colombia (1), Turkey (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (7)

• Eocene of Argentina (1), Myanmar (7), United States (47: Louisiana)

• Paleocene of Argentina (3), United States (6: Missouri)

• Paleogene of Argentina (1)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (2)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (8), Brazil (1), India (1), Israel (1), South Sudan (8), United States (1: North Dakota)

• Permian of India (1)

Total: 109 collections including 110 occurrences

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