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Paleophyllum mazourkensis

Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinophycidae

Taxonomy
Paleophyllum mazourkensis was named by Pestana (1960). Its type specimen is UCMP 37701 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. B6091, Lead Canyon Section, Mazourka Canyon, which is in a Trentonian marine limestone/quartzite in the Johnson Spring Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. clion, P. vaurealensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Paleophyllum mazourkensis Pestana pp. 867 - 868 figs. Pl. 110, figs. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
RankNameAuthor
familyCorallinophycidae()
orderCorallinalesSilva and Johansen 1986
familyCorallinaceaeLamouroux 1816
genusPaleophyllum(Billings 1858)
speciesmazourkensis

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.

†Paleophyllum mazourkensis Pestana 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: "photoautotroph"f
Created: 2005-06-21 06:27:21
Modified: 2005-06-21 08:27:21
Source: f = family
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Trentonian or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (California) Paleophyllum mazourkensis (type locality: 219335)