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Caulerpites

Taxonomy
Caulerpites was named by Sternberg (1833). It is extant. Its type is Fucoides lycopodioides.

It was assigned to Algae by Knowlton (1919); and to Chlorophyta by Parker and Dawson (1965).

Species
C. denticaulata, C. incrassatus, C. lingulatus, C. lycopodioides
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. denticulata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Caulerpites Sternberg
1919Caulerpites Knowlton
1965Caulerpites Parker and Dawson p. 276

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
RankNameAuthor
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
genusCaulerpitesSternberg 1833

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.

G. Caulerpites Sternberg 1833
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†Caulerpites denticaulata Parker and Dawson 1965
†Caulerpites incrassatus Lesquereux 1872
†Caulerpites lingulatus Lesquereux 1872
†Caulerpites lycopodioides Brongniart 1828
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 Serravallian to the top of the Tortonian or 13.82000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (California) C. denticulata (149545)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) C. denticulata (82517)