Alternative spelling: Marchantites (Fucoides)
Parent taxon: Algae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Algacites, Archidesmus loganensis, Bartenia, Botryococcaceae, Byssus, Cancellophycus, Characeales, Collenia, Conferva, Confervites, Conophyton, Cryptozoon, Delesseria, Dendrophycus, Dictyophycus, Elainabella, Eoholynia, Gilbertina, Gyrodendron, Halymenites, Jurusania, Lichen, Longfengshaniaceae, Loperia, Myelophycus, Palaeodictyon, Petrophyton, Retiphycus, Tremella, Ulva, Zygnemataceae
Subtaxa: Fucoides connecticutensis Fucoides orbignianus Fucoides serra Fucoides shepardi Fucoides venosus
Type: Fucoides orbignianus
Distribution:
• Triassic of France (5 collections)
• Arenig of Canada (1: Yukon)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), China (1), New Zealand (12), the Russian Federation (1)
• Ibexian of United States (1: California)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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