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Paleopikea cranei

Florideophyceae - Cryptonemiales

Taxonomy
Paleopikea cranei was named by Parker and Dawson (1965). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is LACM PB-1541 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACM 1925 Cabrillo Beach, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Monterey Formation of California. It is the type species of Paleopikea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Paleopikea cranei Parker and Dawson p. 288 figs. Plate 81(6), Fig. 4; Plate 96(21), Fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
RankNameAuthor
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
orderCryptonemialesSchmitz 1892
genusPaleopikea
speciescranei

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.

†Paleopikea cranei Parker and Dawson 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: "photoautotroph"o
Created: 2007-09-07 05:38:33
Modified: 2007-09-07 07:38:33
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Paleopikea cranei (type locality: 200780)