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Chlorococcales

Chlorophyceae - Chlorococcales

Taxonomy
Chlorococcales is an order. It is extant.

It was assigned to Chlorophyceae by Licari (1978), Taylor et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Chlorococcales Licari p. 783
2008Chlorococcales Taylor et al. p. 1027

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
RankNameAuthor
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderChlorococcales
orderChlorococcales

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.

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Fm. Chlorosarcinaceae Herndon 1958
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G. †Latisphaera Licari 1978
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†Latisphaera wrightii Licari 1978
G. †Maculosphaera Licari 1978
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G. †Lageniastrum Renault 1894
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†Lageniastrum macrosporae Renault 1894
G. †Plaesiodictyon Wille 1970
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Invalid names: Chlorellaceae Brunnthaler 1913 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2007-10-23 02:26:17
Modified: 2007-10-23 04:26:17
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Tonian or 1000.00000 to 720.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 720.0 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0USA (California) Maculosphaera kingstonensis, Latisphaera wrightii (208336)