Full reference: P. K. Misra and P. Kumar. 1988. Fossil algae from the Cretaceous of Varagur, Tiruchirapalli District, Tamil Nadu. Palaeobotanist 37(1):36-51
Parent taxon: Chlorophyta according to P. K. Misra and P. Kumar 1988
Sister taxa: Amgaella, Bryopsidophyceae, Calathella, Caulerpites, Charophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Dasycladophyceae, Fuxianospira, Grypania, Indopolia, Lanceoforma, Microfasta, Monostysisyrinaceae, Physophycus, Proterotainia, Pseudopalaeoporella, Retephycus, Schizosporis, Sgrossoella, Sinocylindra, Sinophyllum, Sphaeroporella, Spheroporella, Tetrasporaceae, Thaumatoporellales, Timanella, Ulvophyceae, Yakutina
Subtaxa: Palaeomastigocladus indicus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Varagur village, Trichinopolly Group (Cretaceous of India)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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