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Protoctista
Taxonomy
Protoctista is an unranked clade. It is extant.
It was assigned to Protista by Andrews (1976); and to Eukarya by Margulis (1996).
It was assigned to Protista by Andrews (1976); and to Eukarya by Margulis (1996).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
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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.
Unr. Protoctista
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Ph. Oomycota
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Ph. Phaeophyta
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G. †Algites Seward 1894
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†Algites americana Berry 1914
†Algites philippoviensis Naugolnykh 2017
†Algites shurtanensis Naugolnykh 2017
†Algites valdensis Seward 1894
G. Ectocarpus Lyngbye 1819
Supercl. Rhizopoda
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G. †Asterosphaera Reitlinger 1957
G. †Microchlamys Cockerell 1911
Invalid names: Granuloreticulosea de Saedeleer 1934 [empty]
Invalid names: Apicomplexa Margulis 1996 [empty], Archaeoprotista [empty], Cryptomonads Margulis 1996 [empty], Dinomastigota Margulis 1996 [empty], Discomitochondrios Margulis 1996 [empty], Eustigmatophyta [empty], Gamophyta [empty], Haptomonads Margulis 1996 [empty], Hyphochytriomycota [empty], Labyrinthulids [empty], Myxomycota Margulis 1996 [empty], Paramyxea [empty], Plasmodiophorids [empty], Xanthophyta [empty], Xenophyophora [empty], Zoomastigina [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pridoli to the top of the Miocene or 422.70000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 419.62 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 419.62 Ma
Collections (30 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ordovician - Silurian | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Algites sp. (235055 235056 235057) | |
| Pridoli | China (Xinjiang) | Algites indet. (10931) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian - Frasnian | Uzbekistan | Asterosphaera pulhra, Asterosphaera sp. (169227) | |
| Frasnian - Famennian | Vietnam | Asterosphaera pulchra (83255) | |
| Visean - Serpukhovian | France | Asterosphaera pulchra (226720 226722) | |
| Kungurian | Russian Federation (Perm) | Algites philippoviensis (216639 216640) Algites shurtanensis (216644) Algites sp. (216642) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Zechstein | United Kingdom (England) | Algites virgatus (25249) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Guangxi) | Asterosphaera pulchra (218392 218393) | |
| Aalenian | Russian Federation | Algites sp. 1 (30725) | |
| Late/Upper Bathonian | Russian Federation (Zabaykal'ye) | Algites sp. (241481) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic | Russian Federation | Algites sp. 1 (30527) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Russian Federation | Algites sp. 1 (30425) | |
| Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | Belgium (Hainaut) | Algites sp. (22645) | |
| Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | Algites americana (212238) | |
| Campanian | Kazakhstan (Kustanai) | Microchlamys subarata (186855) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Kazakhstan (Kustanay) | Microchlamys pulchella, Microchlamys campaniensis (154180) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Kazakhstan (Kustanai) | Microchlamys subarata (186857) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Kazakhstan (Kustanai) | Microchlamys acuteplicata, Microchlamys pulchella, Microchlamys subarata (186859) Microchlamys campaniensis, Microchlamys pulchella, Microchlamys acuteplicata (186878) Microchlamys pulchella, Microchlamys subinflexa (186858) | |
| Paleogene | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Palaeophthora mohgaonensis (224606) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Georgia) | Dinomastigota indet. (4868) | |
| Miocene | India (Tamil Nadu) | Ectocarpus sp. (224618) |