Encrusta Daley 1974

Hormogoneae - Nostocales - Scytonemataceae

Full reference: B. Daley. 1974. Shell encrusting algae from the Bembridge Marls (Lattorfian) of the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. Revue de Micropaleontologie 17(1):15-22

Parent taxon: Scytonemataceae according to B. Daley 1974

Sister taxa: Circumvaginalis, Epivalvia, Scytonema

Subtaxa: Encrusta psalliota

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Type: Encrusta psalliota

Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Howgate Bay, Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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