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Palaeonitella

Charales - Characeae

Taxonomy
Palaeonitella was named by Pia (1927). It is not extant. Its type is Algites cranii.

It was assigned to Characeae by Andrews (1970).

Species
P. cranii
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. tarafiyensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Palaeonitella Pia
1970Palaeonitella Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
phylumCharophytaMigula 1890
RankNameAuthor
orderCharalesLindley 1836
suborderCharineaeFeist and Grambast-Fessard 1991
familyCharaceaeAgardh 1824
genusPalaeonitellaPia 1927

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. †Palaeonitella Pia 1927
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†Palaeonitella cranii Kidston and Long 1921
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Zechstein or 413.02000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62United Kingdom (Scotland) P. sp., P. cranii (10721)
Zechstein259.51 - 254.14Saudi Arabia (Qasim) P. tarafiyensis (11143)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902Saudi Arabia P. sp. 1 (30886)