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Phaeophyta

Taxonomy
Phaeophyta is a phylum. It is extant.

It was assigned to Protoctista by Margulis (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Phaeophyta Margulis p. 1074

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukarya
—Protoctista
RankNameAuthor
phylumPhaeophyta
phylumPhaeophyta

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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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
G. †Permopadina Ramovs 1970
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†Permopadina fallax Ramovs 1970
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

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ordovician - Silurian486.85 - 419.62India (Himachal Pradesh) Algites sp. (235055 235056 235057)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62China (Xinjiang) Algites indet. (10931)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation (Perm) Algites philippoviensis (216639 216640) Algites shurtanensis (216644) Algites sp. (216642)
Wuchiapingian - Zechstein259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (England) Algites virgatus (25249)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Russian Federation Algites sp. 1 (30725)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation (Zabaykal'ye) Algites sp. (241481)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Russian Federation Algites sp. 1 (30527)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Russian Federation Algites sp. 1 (30425)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Belgium (Hainaut) Algites sp. (22645)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Carolina) Algites americana (212238)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India (Tamil Nadu) Ectocarpus sp. (224618)