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Gomphonemataceae

Bacillariophyceae - Cymbellales - Gomphonemataceae

Taxonomy
Gomphonemataceae was named by Kützing (1844). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cymbellales by Round et al. (1990).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Gomphonemataceae Kützing pp. 12670, 82-83
1990Gomphonemataceae Round et al. p. 128

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Chromalveolata
Stramenopiles(Campbell et al. 1999)
phylumOchrophyta
RankNameAuthor
classBacillariophyceaeHaeckel 1878
orderCymbellales
familyGomphonemataceae
familyGomphonemataceae

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. Gomphonemataceae Kützing 1844
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G. Gomphonema Ehrenberg 1832
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Gomphonema capitatum Ehrenberg 1832
Gomphonema constrictum Ehrenberg 1832
Gomphonema lanceolatum Ehrenberg 1832
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Washington) Gomphonema gracile, Gomphonema parvulum (224397)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Gomphonema affine (234637)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8North Pacific Gomphonema spp. (273771)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific Gomphonema spp. (270696 271228 271723 271724 272042)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) Gomphonema capitatum, Gomphonema constrictum, Gomphonema lanceolatum (224663)
NN182.4 - 1.9Indian Ocean Gomphonema olivacium (252347)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774North Pacific Gomphonema spp. (271109 273300 273316)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Sweden Gomphonema spp. (162751)