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Cryptonemiales

Florideophyceae - Cryptonemiales

Taxonomy
Cryptonemiales was named by Schmitz (1892). It is extant.

It was replaced with Halymeniales by Saunders and Kraft (1996).

It was assigned to Rhodophyta by Parker and Dawson (1965); to Florideae by James et al. (1988); to Rhodophyceae by Howe (1934), Souaya (1963) and Wnendt-Juber (1990); and to Florideophyceae by Stockar (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Cryptonemiales Schmitz
1934Cryptonemiales Howe p. 512
1963Cryptonemiales Souaya p. 1207
1965Cryptonemiales Parker and Dawson p. 288
1988Cryptonemiales James et al. p. 292
1990Cryptonemiales Wnendt-Juber
2000Cryptonemiales Stockar p. 428

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
RankNameAuthor
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
orderCryptonemialesSchmitz 1892
orderCryptonemialesSchmitz 1892

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.

Or. Cryptonemiales Schmitz 1892
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Fm. †Archaeolithophyllaceae Chuvashov 1987
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G. †Archaeolithophyllum Johnson 1956
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†Archaeolithophyllum asymmetricum Corrochano et al. 2013
G. †Hortonella Mamet 1995
G. †Neoprincipia Cozar and Vachard 2003
G. †Petschoria Korde 1951
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†Petschoria elegans Korde 1951
G. †Principia Brenckle 1982
G. †Paleopikea Parker and Dawson 1965
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†Paleopikea cranei Parker and Dawson 1965
G. †Paleosiphonia Parker and Dawson 1965
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†Paleosiphonia oppositiclada Parker and Dawson 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: "photoautotroph"o
Comments: probably aragonitic due to often poor preservation (Solonopora and Peysonelliacea)o
Created: 2007-09-07 05:38:33
Modified: 2007-09-07 07:38:33
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Serravallian or 340.00000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.9Germany (Niedersachsen) Archaeolithophyllum sp. (62875)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Canada (Nova Scotia) Archaeolithophyllum sp. (239218)
Visean - Serpukhovian346.7 - 323.2France Neoprincipia claviformis (226722)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Ireland Neoprincipia sp. (76713) Neoprincipia tethysiana (76709 76710)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9Ireland Archaeolithophyllum sp. (73468)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Arkansas) Archaeolithophyllum sp. (76852 76853)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2France Petschoria sp. (76632)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) Archaeolithophyllum sp. (76327 76468)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Spain (Castilla y Leon) Archaeolithophyllum lamellosum (76630) Petschoria elegans (76870)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Ukraine Archaeolithophyllum lamellosum (151321)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.2 - 307.0Spain (Asturias) Archaeolithophyllum sp. (76872)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0Turkey (Muğla) Archaeolithophyllum missouriense (218291)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Thailand Archaeolithophyllum sp. (205808 206000)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Spain (Asturias) Archaeolithophyllum sp. (76616 76624 76628) Petschoria sp. (76625)
Kashirian313.8 - 311.45Ukraine Archaeolithophyllum sp. (216041)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0Spain Archaeolithophyllum asymmetricum (151417)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (Texas) Archaeolithophyllum sp. (41873)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Archaeolithophyllum sp. (91530)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) Archaeolithophyllum sp. (76171)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Spain (Asturias) Archaeolithophyllum sp. (76626 76627)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Archaeolithophyllum sp. (49754)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Archaeolithophyllum lamellosum (34658)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Austria Archaeolithophyllum missouriense (24319) Archaeolithophyllum sp. (49710)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Missouri) Archaeolithophyllum lamellosum (217123)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Iowa) Archaeolithophyllum lamellosum (217128 217129 217130)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Idaho) Archaeolithophyllum sp. (45345)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) Archaeolithophyllum lamellosum (217099) Archaeolithophyllum sp. (217101)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Archaeolithophyllum lamellosum (217110 217120)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Canada (Nunavut) Archaeolithophyllum sp. (75626)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Idaho) Archaeolithophyllum sp. (49755)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Texas) Archaeolithophyllum sp. (50815)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Oman (Betain Plain) Archaeolithophyllum missouriense (218166)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) Archaeolithophyllum sp. (24203)
Senonian100.5 - 66.0India Archaeolithophyllum sp. (155339)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Paleopikea cranei (200780)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (California) Paleosiphonia oppositiclada (206596)