Parent taxon: Chlorophyta according to B. C. Parker and E. Y. Dawson 1965
See also Knowlton 1919
Sister taxa: Amgaella, Bryopsidophyceae, Calathella, Charophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Chuariophyceae, Dasycladophyceae, Doushantuophyton, Fuxianospira, Indopolia, Laenigma, Lanceoforma, Megaspirella, Microfasta, Monostysisyrinaceae, Palaeomastigocladus, Parallelphyton, Physophycus, Proterotainia, Pseudopalaeoporella, Retephycus, Schizosporis, Sgrossoella, Sinocylindra, Sinophyllum, Sphaeroporella, Spheroporella, Tetrasporaceae, Thaumatoporellales, Timanella, Ulvophyceae, Walcottophycus, Yakutina
Subtaxa: Caulerpites denticaulata Caulerpites incrassatus Caulerpites lingulatus Caulerpites lycopodioides
Type: Fucoides lycopodioides
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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