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Pseudopediastrum

Chlorophyceae - Hydrodictyaceae

Taxonomy
Pseudopediastrum was named by Hegewald (2005). It is extant.

It was assigned to Hydrodictyaceae by Clyde et al. (2021).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Pseudopediastrum Hegewald
2021Pseudopediastrum Clyde et al.

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
RankNameAuthor
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
familyHydrodictyaceaeDumortier 1829
genusPseudopediastrumHegewald 2005

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.

G. Pseudopediastrum Hegewald 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2007-10-23 02:26:17
Modified: 2007-10-23 04:26:17
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Paleocene or 72.20000 to 61.66000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) P. brevicorne, P. boryanum, P. longicorne (199410) P. brevicorne, P. sp. 1, P. boryanum, P. longicorne (239891) P. sp. (229242 229243 229244 229245 229246 229247) P. sp. 1, P. boryanum (239890)
Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) P. brevicorne, P. sp. 1, P. boryanum, P. longicorne (195707)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) P. brevicorne, P. sp. 1, P. boryanum (239892)