Bacillariophyceae - Melosirales - Melosiraceae
Full reference: C.A. Agardh. 1824. Systema Algarum. Adumbravit C.A. Agardh. Lundae Literis Berlingianis. Lundae, xxxvii , 312 pp.
Parent taxon: Melosiraceae according to M. -J. Chrétiennot-Dinet et al. 1993
See also Abbott and Ernissee 1983, Andrews 1976, Kützing 1844 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Podosira, Pyxidicula
Subtaxa: Melosira complexa Melosira westii
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ethiopia (1 collection), India (1), Kenya (1), Sweden (1), United States (2: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (2)
• Pliocene of Armenia (1), Japan (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1)
• Miocene of United States (3: Maryland, North Carolina, Washington)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Mexico (3)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (11)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (7), Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Nunavut)
Total: 40 collections including 54 occurrences
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