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Ellipsophysa

Chuariophyceae - Chuariales - Ellipsophysaceae

Taxonomy
Ellipsophysa was named by Zheng (1980). It is the type genus of Ellipsophysaceae.

It was assigned to Ellipsophysaceae by Hoffmann (1994).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Ellipsophysa Zheng
1980Neophroformia Zheng
1980Ovidiscina Zheng
1985Phascolites Duan and Du
1986Linguiformis Chen and Zheng
1994Ellipsophysa Hoffmann

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classChuariophyceaeGnilovskaja and Istchenko
orderChuarialesIstchenko
familyEllipsophysaceaeHoffmann 1994
genusEllipsophysaZheng 1980

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. †Ellipsophysa Zheng 1980
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Invalid names: Linguiformis Chen and Zheng 1986 [synonym], Neophroformia Zheng 1980 [synonym], Ovidiscina Zheng 1980 [synonym], Phascolites Duan and Du 1985 [synonym]
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: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 538.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8China (Anhui) E. axicula (242305)