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Margaretia stosei

Bryopsidophyceae - Caulerpales - Caulerpaceae

Taxonomy
Margaretia stosei was named by Resser and Howell (1938). It is not extant. Its type locality is USNM locality 22L, half mile south of East Petersburg, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Margaretia stosei Resser and Howell p. 211

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classBryopsidophyceaeRound 1963
orderCaulerpalesSchaffner 1922
familyCaulerpaceaeKützing 1843
genusMargaretiaWalcott 1931
speciesstosei

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.

†Margaretia stosei Resser and Howell 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2009-10-08 23:19:01
Modified: 2009-10-09 01:19:01
Source: g = genus, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Pennsylvania) Margaretia stosei (192 type locality: 226194)