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Stacheia cuspidata

Rhodophyceae - Aoujgaliaceae

Taxonomy
Stacheia cuspidata was named by Chapman (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wedmore Hill, bed 5, which is in a Rhaetian marine claystone in the Westbury Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Stacheia cuspidata Chapman p. 325

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
classRhodophyceaeRuprecht 1851
RankNameAuthor
familyAoujgaliaceaeTermier and Vachard 1975
genusStacheiaBrady 1876
speciescuspidata

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.

†Stacheia cuspidata Chapman 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Architecture: porousc
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, marinec
Locomotion: stationaryc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: "photoautotroph"c
Created: 2006-07-05 08:27:21
Modified: 2006-07-05 10:27:21
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Rhaetian or 208.50000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Stacheia cuspidata (type locality: 200951)