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Furcoporella

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae

Taxonomy
Furcoporella was named by Pia (1918). It is not extant. Its type is Furcoporella diplopora.

It was assigned to Dasycladaceae by Andrews (1970).

Species
F. diplopora (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Furcoporella Pia
1970Furcoporella Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
familyDasycladaceaeKutzing 1843
genusFurcoporellaPia 1918

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. †Furcoporella Pia 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Architecture: porouso
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, oligotrophic, hypersaline, marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: "photoautotroph"o
Created: 2006-07-05 08:29:01
Modified: 2007-10-05 06:09:29
Source: o = order, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Thanetian or 61.60000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2China (Tibet) F. sp. (215948)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Turkey (Trabzon) F. sp. (215864)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Egypt (Suez) F. diplopora (215919)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0China (Tibet) F. sp. (215936 215938)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Egypt (Red Sea Governorate) F. sp. (215920)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0India (Andaman Island ) F. dplopora (214897)