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Peyssonneliaceae

Florideophyceae - Peyssonneliales - Peyssonneliaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Peyssonneliaceae Denizot
1988Peyssonneliaceae James et al. p. 292
1994Peyssonneliaceae Rasser p. 199
1998Peyssonneliaceae Bassi
2002Peyssonneliaceae Mirsa et al.
2007Peyssonneliaceae Schneider and Wynne
2009Peyssonneliaceae Krayesky et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
RankNameAuthor
subclassRhodymeniophycidae
orderPeyssonneliales
familyPeyssonneliaceaeDenizot 1968
familyPeyssonneliaceaeDenizot 1968

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. Peyssonneliaceae Denizot 1968
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G. †Ethelia Weber-van Bosse 1921
G. Peyssonnelia Decaisne 1841
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Peyssonnelia antiqua Johnson 1964
Peyssonnelia antiqua Johnson 1964
Peyssonnelia baratangensis Badve and Kundal 1986
G. †Polystrata Pfender 1936
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Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
G. †Pseudolithothamnium Pfender 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Holocene or 161.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 143.1 Ma

Collections (220 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Tamil Nadu) Pseudolithothamnium alba (225579)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Spain Polystrata alba (34748)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Austria Ethelia alba (74610)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Philippines Ethelia alba (74165)
Barremian - Late/Upper Aptian125.77 - 113.2Poland Polystrata alba (64107)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Romania Polystrata alba (221641)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany Ethelia alba (50421 50511) Ethelia sp. (50512)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France Pseudolithothamnium album (149808)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Romania Polystrata alba (146235 146242 146251)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2France Ethelia alba (148418 148592 148593 148594)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2France Ethelia alba (148655)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Türkiye Polystrata alba (38882)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Arizona) Polystrata alba (24042)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Oman Polystrata alba (24027)
Albian113.2 - 100.5France Pseudolithothamnium album (149810)
Albian113.2 - 100.5India Polystrata alba (222130)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Mexico (Guerrero) Pseudolithothamnium album (89857)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Ethelia alba (74624)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Ethelia alba (74200)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Greece Ethelia alba (74198 74199)