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Sycidium

Charophyceae - Sycidiales

Taxonomy
Sycidium was named by Sandberger (1849). It is not extant. Its type is Sycidium reticulatum.

It was assigned to Sycidiales by Andrews (1970).

Species
S. reticulatum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Sycidium Sandberger
1970Sycidium Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
RankNameAuthor
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
classCharophyceaeSmith 1938
orderSycidiales
genusSycidiumSandberger 1849

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. †Sycidium Sandberger 1849
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†Sycidium reticulatum Sandberger 1849
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: base of the Givetian to the top of the Early/Lower Frasnian or 387.95000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Hunan) S. sp. (34986)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Czech Republic S. sp. (83223)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Czech Republic S. sp. (83224)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Alaska) S. sp. (3933)