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Nipponophycus ramosus

Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae

Taxonomy
Nipponophycus ramosus was named by Yabe and Toyama (1928). It is not extant. It is the type species of Nipponophycus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Nipponophycus ramosus Yabe and Toyama

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classUlvophyceae
orderBryopsidalesSchaffner 1922
familyHalimedaceaeLink 1832
genusNipponophycusYabe and Toyama 1928
speciesramosusYabe and Toyama 1928

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.

Nipponophycus ramosus Yabe and Toyama 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackishf
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: "photoautotroph"f
Created: 2007-10-05 04:10:47
Modified: 2007-10-05 06:10:47
Source: f = family, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Hauterivian or 152.21000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Austria Nipponophycus ramosus (36222 36223)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia Nipponophycus ramosus (31286)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Italy Nipponophycus ramosus (68259)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Spain Nipponophycus ramosus (34748)