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Verticillopora

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae

Taxonomy
Verticillopora was named by Rezak (1959). It is not extant. Its type is Verticillopora annulata.

It was assigned to Dasycladaceae by Andrews (1970).

Species
V. annulata (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Verticillopora Rezak
1970Verticillopora Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
familyDasycladaceaeKutzing 1843
genusVerticilloporaRezak 1959

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. †Verticillopora Rezak 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Architecture: porouso
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, oligotrophic, hypersaline, marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: "photoautotroph"o
Created: 2006-07-05 08:29:01
Modified: 2007-10-05 06:09:29
Source: o = order, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wenlock to the top of the Lochkovian or 433.40000 to 410.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (California) V. sp. (225993)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (California) V. annulata (226664)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (Nevada) V. sp. (590)