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Chordites

Phaeophyceae

Taxonomy
Chordites was named by Fliche (1905). It is not extant. Its type is Chordites lebruni.

It was assigned to Phaeophyceae by Andrews (1970).

Species
C. lebruni (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. lebrunii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Chordites Fliche
1970Chordites Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
—Stramenopiles(Campbell et al. 1999)
RankNameAuthor
phylumOchrophyta
classPhaeophyceae
genusChorditesFliche 1905

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. †Chordites Fliche 1905
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†Chordites lebruni Fliche 1905
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: marine, brackishc
Diet: "photoautotroph"c
Created: 2026-03-28 21:04:01
Modified: 2026-03-28 21:04:01
Source: c = class
Reference: Taylor et al. 2008

Age range: Early/Lower Triassic or 251.90200 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7France (Lorraine) C. lebrunii (24727)