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Rhodymeniophycidae

Florideophyceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Rhodymeniophycidae Schneider and Wynne
2016Rhodymeniophycidae Yang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
RankNameAuthor
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
subclassRhodymeniophycidae
subclassRhodymeniophycidae

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.

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Invalid names: Acrosymphytaceae [empty]
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Invalid names: Bonnemaisoniaceae [empty], Naccariaceae [empty]
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G. †Delesserites Sternberg 1833
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†Delesserites acuminata Parker and Dawson 1965
†Delesserites lamourouxii Brongniart 1828
G. †Paleothamnion Parker and Dawson 1965
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†Paleothamnion acicularis Parker and Dawson 1965
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G. †Phenacocladus Cockerell 1926
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†Phenacocladus hendersoni Cockerell 1926
G. †Wahpia Walcott 1919
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†Wahpia insolens Walcott 1919
Invalid names: Ceramiaceae [empty], Dasyaceae [empty], Delesseriaceae [empty], Sarcomeniaceae [empty]
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Invalid names: Gelidiaceae [empty], Gelidiellaceae [empty], Pterocladiaceae [empty]
Or. Gigartinales Schmitz 1892
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G. †Chondrides Schimper 1869
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†Chondrides flexilis Parker and Dawson 1965
†Chondrides furatus Brongniart 1869
†Chondrides recurva Parker and Dawson 1965
Fm. Solieriaceae Agardh 1876
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G. †Agardhiellopsis Lemoine 1966
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†Agardhiellopsis cretacea Lemoine 1966
Invalid names: Acrotylaceae [empty], Areschougiaceae [empty], Blinksiaceae [empty], Calosiphoniaceae [empty], Catenellopsidaceae [empty], Caulacanthaceae [empty], Corynocystaceae [empty], Crossocarpaceae Perestenko 1975 [empty], Cruoriaceae [empty], Cubiculosporaceae [empty], Cystocloniaceae [empty], Dicranemataceae [empty], Dumontiaceae [empty], Endocladiaceae [empty], Furcellariaceae [empty], Gainiaceae [empty], Gigartinaceae [empty], Gloiosiphoniaceae [empty], Haemeschariaceae [empty], Kallymeniaceae [empty], Mychodeaceae [empty], Mychodeophyllaceae [empty], Nizymeniaceae [empty], Phacelocarpaceae [empty], Phyllophoraceae [empty], Polyideaceae [empty], Rhizophyllidaceae [empty], Rissoellaceae [empty], Schmitziellaceae [empty], Sphaerococcaceae [empty], Tichocarpaceae [empty]
Or. Gracilariales Fredericq and Hommersand 1989
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Invalid names: Gracilariaceae [empty], Pterocladiophilaceae Fan and Papenfuss 1959 [empty], Tsengiaceae Saunders and Kraft 2002 [empty]
Or. Halymeniales Saunders and Kraft 1996
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Invalid names: Halymeniaceae [empty]
Or. Nemastomatales Kylin 1925
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Invalid names: Nemastomataceae [empty], Schizymeniaceae [empty]
Or. Peyssonneliales Krayesky et al. 2009
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Fm. Peyssonneliaceae Denizot 1968
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G. †Ethelia Weber-van Bosse 1921
G. Peyssonnelia Decaisne 1841
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Peyssonnelia antiqua Johnson 1964
Peyssonnelia antiqua Johnson 1964
†Peyssonnelia baratangensis Badve and Kundal 1986
G. †Polystrata Pfender 1936
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†Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
G. †Pseudolithothamnium Pfender 1936
Or. Plocamiales Saunders and Kraft 1994
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Invalid names: Plocamiaceae [empty], Pseudoanemoniaceae [empty], Sarcodiaceae [empty]
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Invalid names: Champiaceae [empty], Faucheaceae Saunders et al. 1999 [empty], Lomentariaceae [empty], Rhodymeniaceae [empty]
Or. Sebdeniales Withall and Saunders 2006
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Invalid names: Sebdeniaceae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Delamaran to the top of the Holocene or 509.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 505.3 Ma

Collections (300 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) Wahpia insolens (121959) Wahpia sp. (84412 84413 84417 84418 84421 84424 84428 84429 84430 84431 84437)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Tamil Nadu) Pseudolithothamnium alba (225579)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Spain Polystrata alba (34748)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Philippines Ethelia alba (74165)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Austria Ethelia alba (74610)
Barremian - Late/Upper Aptian125.77 - 113.2Poland Polystrata alba (64107)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Romania Polystrata alba (221641)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France Pseudolithothamnium album (149808)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Romania Polystrata alba (146235 146242 146251)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany Ethelia alba (50421 50511) Ethelia sp. (50512)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2France Agardhiellopsis cretaceae (148421 149809) Ethelia alba (148418 148592 148593 148594)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2France Ethelia alba (148655)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Türkiye Polystrata alba (38882)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Arizona) Polystrata alba (24042)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Oman Polystrata alba (24027)
Albian113.2 - 100.5India Polystrata alba (222130)
Albian113.2 - 100.5France Agardhiellopsis cretacea (148651 148652 148653) Agardhiellopsis cretaceae (148420) Pseudolithothamnium album, Agardhiellopsis cretacea (149810)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Romania Agardhiellopsis cretacea (147069 148860)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain (Navarro) Agardhiellopsis cretacea (223564)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Hungary Agardhiellopsis cretaceae (149160)