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Pterospermella

Taxonomy
Pterospermella was named by Volkova (1979). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Prasinophyta by Eisenack (1972), Pérez Pincheira and di Pasquo (2021); and to Prasinophyceae by Pérez Pincheira and Garrido (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Pterospermella Eisenack
1979Pterospermella Volkova
2021Pterospermella Pérez Pincheira and di Pasquo
2024Pterospermella Pérez Pincheira and Garrido p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
RankNameAuthor
—Chloroplastida
—Prasinophytae
genusPterospermellaVolkova 1979

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Pterospermella Volkova 1979
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†Pterospermella aureolata Eisenack 1972
†Pterospermella australiense Eisenack 1972
†Pterospermella australiensis Deflandre and Cookson 1955
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Tonian to the top of the Aquitanian or 1000.00000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Sweden (Jonkoping) P. sp. (242318)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5Norway (Svalbard Archipelago) P. solida (148617 148618 148621)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62France (Finistere) P. onondagaensis (6185)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Ohio) P. capitana, P. latibalteus, P. radiata, P. solis (23340)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Russian Federation P. australiensis (65699 65700)
Valanginian - Barremian137.05 - 121.4Chile (Doceava Región) P. australiensis (150028 150037)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Russian Federation P. australiensis (65754)
Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.6Antarctica P. eurypteris (169331 169332 169334 169335 169337 169338 169339 169340 169341 169342 169343 169344 169346 169348 169349 169351 169352)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) P. sp. (200128)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) P. aureolata (238219) P. australiensis (238221)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) P. spp. (235468)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp. (240032 240033)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica P. australiense (153424)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) P. australiense (241337 241338 241339 241340)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) P. australiensis (235471) P. hart, P. spp., P. australiensis, P. aureolata (235472) P. harti, P. australiensis (235478) P. harti, P. australiensis, P. aureolata (235479) P. harti, P. spp., P. australiensis (235474) P. harti, P. spp., P. australiensis, P. aureolata (235480) P. spp., P. australiensis (235475)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Azerbaijan P. macroptera, P. sp. (116637) P. sp. (116622)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp. (151587)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Azerbaijan P. sp. (116623)