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Rhopalodia

Bacillariophyceae - Rhopalodiales - Rhopalodiaceae

Taxonomy
Rhopalodia was named by Müller (1895). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rhopalodiaceae by Topachevsky and Oksiyuk (1960).

Species lacking formal opinion data
R. gibba, R. gibba, R. gibba, R. vermicularis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Rhopalodia Müller p. 57
1960Rhopalodia Topachevsky and Oksiyuk p. 336

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomProtista
phylumOchrophyta
classBacillariophyceaeHaeckel 1878
RankNameAuthor
orderRhopalodiales
familyRhopalodiaceae
genusRhopalodia

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. Rhopalodia Müller 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Diet: "photoautotroph"c
Created: 2008-03-19 02:48:18
Modified: 2008-03-19 04:48:18
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Holocene or 4.70000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Armenia (Ararat) R. sp. (219091)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) R. gibba, R. sp. (234637)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Ethiopia (Upr WebiShebele Basn) R. sp. (22569)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya R. vermicularis (21418)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya (Nak-Elment.Basin) Rhopalodia indet. (22501)