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Collenia

Algae

Taxonomy
Collenia was named by Walcott (1914). It is not extant. Its type is Collenia undosa.

It was assigned to Plantae by Andrews (1970); and to Algae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Species
C. compacta, C. undosa (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. baicalica, C. buriatica, C. columnaris, C. kusiensis, C. symmetrica
Entered
by B. Allen (authorized by A. Dunhill) on 2020-02-04; modified by B. Allen on 2020-02-05

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Collenia Walcott
1970Collenia Andrews
1976Collenia Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
classAlgae
RankNameAuthor
genusColleniaWalcott 1914

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. †Collenia Walcott 1914
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†Collenia compacta Viswanathiah and Gowda 1970
†Collenia undosa Walcott 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"
Created: 2026-03-23 14:44:50
Modified: 2026-03-23 14:44:50
Source:
Reference: Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Mesoproterozoic to the top of the Ediacaran or 1600.00000 to 538.80000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mesoproterozoic1600.0 - 1000.0India (Uttar Pradesh) C. kusiensis (224782)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8Mexico C. sp. (10664)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8India (Himachal Pradesh) C. baicalica, C. buriatica, C. columnaris, C. symmetrica (224773) C. baicalica, C. symmetrica (224774) C. columnaris (224780)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8India (Haryana) C. baicalica (224775)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8India (Madhya Pradesh) C. baicalica (224776)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8India (Uttarakhand) C. buriatica, C. columnaris (224777) C. kusiensis (224781) C. symmetrica (224783 224784)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8India (Karnataka) C. columnaris, C. compacta (224779)