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Schizosporis sprigii

Taxonomy
Schizosporis sprigii was named by Cookson and Dettman (1959). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. burcklei, S. cooksoni, S. majusculus, S. paleocenicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Schizosporis sprigii Cookson and Dettman

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
RankNameAuthor
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
genusSchizosporisCookson and Dettmann 1959
speciessprigiiCookson and Dettman 1959

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.

†Schizosporis sprigii Cookson and Dettman 1959
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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: base of the Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 113.20000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1India (Gujarat) Schizosporis sprigii (32378)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) Schizosporis sprigii (164488 164525)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (South Australia) Schizosporis sprigii (163584)