Caulerpites Sternberg 1833 (green algae)

Caulerpites

Parent taxon: Chlorophyta according to B. C. Parker and E. Y. Dawson 1965

See also Knowlton 1919

Sister taxa: Amgaella, Bryopsidophyceae, Calathella, Charophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Dasycladophyceae, Fuxianospira, Grypania, Indopolia, Lanceoforma, Microfasta, Monostysisyrinaceae, Palaeomastigocladus, Physophycus, Proterotainia, Pseudopalaeoporella, Retephycus, Schizosporis, Sgrossoella, Sinocylindra, Sinophyllum, Sphaeroporella, Spheroporella, Tetrasporaceae, Thaumatoporellales, Timanella, Ulvophyceae, Yakutina

Subtaxa: Caulerpites denticaulata Caulerpites incrassatus Caulerpites lingulatus Caulerpites lycopodioides

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Type: Fucoides lycopodioides

Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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