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Orthriosiphon

Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Codiaceae

Taxonomy
Orthriosiphon was named by Johnson and Konishi (1956). It is not extant. Its type is Orthriosiphon saskatchewanensis.

It was assigned to Codiaceae by Andrews (1970).

Species
O. saskatchewanensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Orthriosiphon Johnson and Konishi
1970Orthriosiphon Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classUlvophyceae
orderBryopsidalesSchaffner 1922
familyCodiaceaeKützing 1843
genusOrthriosiphonJohnson and Konishi 1956

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. †Orthriosiphon Johnson and Konishi 1956
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†Orthriosiphon saskatchewanensis Johnson and Konishi 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: "photoautotroph"o
Created: 2007-10-23 01:56:40
Modified: 2007-10-23 03:56:40
Source: o = order, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Serpukhovian or 330.90000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean - Serpukhovian346.7 - 323.2France O. sp. (226720 226721 226722)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2France O. saskatchewanense (76632)