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Peyssonneliaceae

Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Peyssonneliaceae

Taxonomy
Peyssonneliaceae was named by Denizot (1968). It is extant. Its type is Peyssonnelia.

It was assigned to Cryptonemiales by James et al. (1988), Rasser (1994), Bassi (1998), Bassi (1998) and Mirsa et al. (2002); to Gigartinales by Schneider and Wynne (2007); and to Corallinales by Kundal (2010).

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
2010Peyssonneliaceae Kundal

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
RankNameAuthor
subclassCorallinophycidae()
orderCorallinalesSilva and Johansen 1986
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): 145.0 Ma

Collections (209 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Tamil Nadu) Pseudolithothamnium alba (225579)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Spain Polystrata alba (34748)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian130.0 - 113.0Romania Polystrata alba (221641)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Austria Ethelia alba (74610)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Philippines Ethelia alba (74165)
Barremian - Late/Upper Aptian129.4 - 113.0Poland Polystrata alba (64107)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0France Ethelia alba (148418 148592 148593 148594)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Turkey Polystrata alba (38882)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0France Ethelia alba (148655)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Romania Polystrata alba (146235 146242 146251)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Germany Ethelia alba (50421 50511) Ethelia sp. (50512)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France Pseudolithothamnium album (149808)
Albian113.0 - 100.5India Polystrata alba (222130)
Albian113.0 - 100.5France Pseudolithothamnium album (149810)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Oman Polystrata alba (24027)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Arizona) Polystrata alba (24042)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Mexico (Guerrero) Pseudolithothamnium album (89857)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Ethelia alba (74200)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Ethelia alba (74624)
Senonian100.5 - 66.0India Ethelia sp., Ethelia alba (155339)