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Kopetdagaria sphaerica

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae

Taxonomy
Kopetdagaria sphaerica was named by Maslov (1960). It is the type species of Kopetdagaria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Kopetdagaria sphaerica Maslov

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
familyTriploporellaceaePia 1920
genusKopetdagariaMaslov 1960
speciessphaericaMaslov 1960

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.

Kopetdagaria sphaerica Maslov 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Architecture: porouso
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, oligotrophic, hypersaline, marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: "photoautotroph"o
Created: 2006-07-05 08:29:01
Modified: 2007-10-05 06:09:29
Source: o = order, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 125.77000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Romania Kopetdagaria sphaerica (148831)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Iran Kopetdagaria sphaerica (210071 210076)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Romania Kopetdagaria sphaerica (221641)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Türkiye Kopetdagaria sphaerica (149893)