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Chlorosarcinaceae

Chlorophyceae - Chlorococcales - Chlorosarcinaceae

Taxonomy
Chlorosarcinaceae was named by Herndon (1958). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chlorococcales by Licari (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Chlorosarcinaceae Herndon
1978Chlorosarcinaceae Licari p. 783

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderChlorococcales
familyChlorosarcinaceaeHerndon 1958
familyChlorosarcinaceaeHerndon 1958

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.

Fm. Chlorosarcinaceae Herndon 1958
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G. †Latisphaera Licari 1978
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†Latisphaera wrightii Licari 1978
G. †Maculosphaera Licari 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2007-10-23 02:26:17
Modified: 2007-10-23 04:26:17
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Tonian or 1000.00000 to 720.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0USA (California) Maculosphaera kingstonensis, Latisphaera wrightii (208336)