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†order Chaetophorales Wille (green algae)

Chlorophyceae - Chaetophorales

Parent taxon: Chlorophyceae according to E. Taylor et al. 2008

See also Dineley and Metcalfe 1999

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

Subtaxa: Chaetophoraceae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Resita - Molodova Noua area, Barremian - Aptian (Cretaceous of Romania)

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