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Nitellites

Charales - Characeae

Taxonomy
Nitellites was named by Horn af Rantzien (1957). It is not extant.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Nitellites Horn af Rantzien
1970Nitellites Andrews
1976Nitellites Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
phylumCharophytaMigula 1890
RankNameAuthor
orderCharalesLindley 1836
suborderCharineaeFeist and Grambast-Fessard 1991
familyCharaceaeAgardh 1824
genusNitellitesHorn af Rantzien 1957

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. †Nitellites Horn af Rantzien 1957
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Nitellites sahnii Horn af Rantzien 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Late/Upper Jurassic or 161.50000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Rajasthan) N. sp. 1, N. sahnii (30133)