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Piania niniyurensis

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae

Taxonomy
Piania niniyurensis was named by Gowda (1959). It is not extant. Its type locality is Tiruchirapalli city, which is in a Danian marine marl in the Niniyur Formation of India.

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by B. Allen on 2022-05-31

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Piania niniyurensis Gowda
1976Piania niniyurensis Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
RankNameAuthor
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
familyDasycladaceaeKutzing 1843
genusPianiaGowda 1959
speciesniniyurensisGowda 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.

†Piania niniyurensis Gowda 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: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66India (Tamil Nadu) Piania niniyurensis (type locality: 215196)