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Botryococcaceae

Algae - Botryococcaceae

Taxonomy
Botryococcaceae was named by Wille (1909). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chlorophyta by Chauhan (1991); and to Algae by Perez Loinaze et al. (2023), Perez Loinaze et al. (2025).

Subtaxa
Botryococcus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Botryococcaceae Wille
1991Botryococcaceae Chauhan
2023Botryococcaceae Perez Loinaze et al.
2025Botryococcaceae Perez Loinaze et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
classAlgae
RankNameAuthor
familyBotryococcaceaeWille 1909
familyBotryococcaceaeWille 1909

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. Botryococcaceae Wille 1909
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G. †Botryococcus Kutzing 1849
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†Botryococcus braunii Kutzing 1849
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Holocene or 312.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (272 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) Botryococcus sp. (10780 10781 10782 10783 10784 10785 10786)
Sakmarian - Kungurian293.52 - 274.4USA (Kansas) Botryococcus braunii (32659)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Canada (Nunavut) Botryococcus sp. (34100 34101)
Buntsandstein259.51 - 251.902Germany Botryococcus sp. (27001 27004 27165 27261 27272)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6United Kingdom (England) Botryococcus sp. (38382)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Botryococcus sp. (38397)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Morocco (Figuig) Botryococcus sp. (176120)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Botryococcus sp. (38401)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Botryococcus sp. (40705 40715)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Botryococcus braunii (31054)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation (Zabaykal'ye) Botryococcus sp. (241481 241482)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Botryococcus sp. (38479)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Botryococcus indet. (31288)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Denmark (Bornholm) Botryococcus braunii (83134)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Botryococcus sp. (32341 238757)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Botryococcus sp. (32347 32351)
Valanginian - Barremian137.05 - 121.4Chile (Doceava Región) Botryococcus spp. (150037)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Argentina (Santa Cruz) Botryococcus sp. (149850)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Argentina (Santa Cruz) Botryococcus sp. (32199)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Brazil (Sergipe) Botryococcus sp. (169691 169716 169728 169731 169759 169775)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Argentina (Santa Cruz) Botryococcus sp. (149846)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Antarctica Botryococcus spp. (153429)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Nigeria (Maiduguri) Botryococcus bruni (139254 139255 139256 139257 139258 139259 139260 139263 139265 139266 139267 139268 139269 139271 139272 139273 139275 139277 139278 139279 139280)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Antarctica Botryococcus spp. (153430)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9South Sudan Botryococcus sp. (199981 199982 199983 199984 199985 199986 199988 199991 199992)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9South Sudan Botryococcus sp. (199994 199998 200006 200007 200009 200012 200027 200029)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene100.5 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) Botryococcus sp., Botryococcus braunii (195707)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Eocene100.5 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Botryococcus braunii (170882 170905)
Turonian - Santonian93.9 - 83.6South Sudan Botryococcus sp. (199967 199969 199971 199972 199973 199974 199975 199976 199977 199978 199979)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0South Sudan Botryococcus sp. (199954 199955 199956 199957 199959 199960 199962 199963)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica Botryococcus spp. (153427)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) Botryococcus sp. (168549)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica Botryococcus sp. (150271)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Botryococcus sp. (241237)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Botryococcus sp. (231743 231747)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0South Sudan Botryococcus sp. (192391 199948 199949 199950 199951 199952 199953)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Botryococcus sp. (238219 238220 238221 238222 238223 238224 238225 238226 238227 238228 238229 238230 238231 238232 238233 238235 238236 238237 241095)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Botryococcus sp. (239937 239941 240031 240033 240036 240038 240039 240047 240048 240049 240528)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica Botryococcus spp. (153424)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Botryococcus braunii (239870 239871 239872 239873 239874 239875) Botryococcus sp. (199410 229243 229244 229245 229246 229247 239890 239891)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) Botryococcus sp. (105859 241338 241339 241340 241341)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) Botryococcus sp. 1, Botryococcus braunii (195706)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) Botryococcus sp. (239892) Botryococcus sp. 1, Botryococcus sp. 2, Botryococcus sp. 3, Botryococcus sp. 4, Botryococcus sp. (152264)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Santa Cruz) Botryococcus sp. (149973 149975 240051 240053 240085 240086 240087 240088 240089 240438 240526 240545 240546 240547 240548 240549)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04India (Gujarat) Botryococcus braunii (224713)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04Argentina (Chubut) Botryococcus braunii (152926)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0India (Rajasthan) Botryococcus braunii (224712)
Eocene - Miocene56.0 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) Botryococcus braunii (241270)
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) Botryococcus sp. (24201)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Germany (Hesse) Botryococcus spp. (235231 235232 235233 235235 235239 235240 235241 235242 235243 235244 235245 235246 235247 235248 235249 235250 235251 235252 235253 235254 235255)
Late/Upper Eocene (glacial)37.71 - 33.9Antarctica (Prydz Bay) Botryococcus spp. (168823)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) Botryococcus sp. (227672 227709 227801)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Azerbaijan Botryococcus sp. (116622)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Argentina (Santa Cruz) Botryococcus brawnii (151587)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Argentina (Chubut) Botryococcus braunii (143211 143212 143213 143214)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Middle Miocene27.3 - 11.63Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Botryococcus braunii (169381)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene27.3 - 5.333Argentina Botryococcus sp. (169468)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98New Zealand Botryococcus braunii (169164) Botryococcus coenobia, Botryococcus braunii (169168) Botryococcus spp. (169165)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Colombia (Cundinamarca) Botryococcus sp. (122034)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Botryococcus braunii (166708)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India (Tamil Nadu) Botryococcus sp. (224618)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India (Kerala) Botryococcus braunii (224714)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Argentina (La Rioja) Botryococcus sp. (153418)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) Botryococcus sp. (144210)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene15.98 - 3.6Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Botryococcus braunii (169355 169356)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Türkiye (Yalova) Botryococcus sp. (184470)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (Victoria) Botryococcus spores (172830 172832 172833 172836 172837 172855 172867 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Botryococcus sp. (61887)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) Botryococcus sp. (228772)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) Botryococcus sp. (224613 224614 224715 224751)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Botryococcus sp. (228760 228761 228776)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Botryococcus sp. (38321)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Portugal (Algarve) Botryococcus sp. (40809)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Botryococcus sp. (93677)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Botryococcus sp. (228762 228763 228773)