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Acicularia

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales

Taxonomy
Acicularia was named by d'Archiac (1843). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Acicularia paventina.

It was assigned to Dasycladaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Dasycladales by Kiessling (2003).

Species
A. cutchensis, A. dyumatsenae, A. elongata, A. indica, A. paventina (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. endoi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Acicularia d'Archiac
1976Acicularia Lakhanpal et al.
2003Acicularia Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
RankNameAuthor
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
genusAciculariad'Archiac 1843

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. †Acicularia d'Archiac 1843
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†Acicularia cutchensis Pal and Gangopadhyaya 1970
†Acicularia elongata Carozzi 1955
†Acicularia indica Varma 1954
†Acicularia paventina d'Archiac 1843
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Architecture: porouso
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, oligotrophic, hypersaline, marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: "photoautotroph"o
Created: 2006-07-05 08:29:01
Modified: 2007-10-05 06:09:29
Source: o = order, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Priabonian or 248.10000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (112 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Iran A. sp. (73814)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Austria A. sp. (36815)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Tajikistan A. mediana (34645)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria A. sp. (22963 36801 36807)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (Yorkshire) A. sp. (22785)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Argentina (Mendoza) A. sp. (98351)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Poland A. sp. (38369 38370)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) A. sp. (94658)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Poland A. elongata (68462) A. jurassica, A. elongata (68461)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain A. jurassica, A. elongata (34612)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal A. sp. (67959)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06Spain A. jurassica (34610)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Algeria A. sp. (85907)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) A. elongata (23887)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Romania (Bicaz Gorges) A. elongata (138717)
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1Algeria A. sp. (64315)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Portugal A. sp. (65677)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Portugal A. elongata (73319) A. sp. (65871 65877 73143 73318 73336)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Jamaica (Saint Catherine) A. sp. (89647)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France A. elongata (149807)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4France A. endoi, A. elongata (149337)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Portugal A. comanchense (73167 73302 73305) A. endoi (73156 73204 73348 73354) A. endoi, A. comanchense (73203) A. sp. (73154)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Portugal A. sp. (73501 73502)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany A. elongata (50421) A. sp. (25535)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Portugal A. endoi (73556)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Spain A. sp. (56771)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Iraq A. antiqua, A. sp. (148338) A. sp. (148339 148342 148352 148353 148354)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Mexico A. americana (148383)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Iraq A. antiqua (148356 148358 148359) A. sp. (148363 148364 148366)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0India (Gujarat) A. cutchensis, A. elongata (224616)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt A. sp. (148308)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Germany A. endoi (74486) A. sp. (74483 74484)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Slovakia A. sp. (88186)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain A. sp. (74557)
Danian66.0 - 61.66India (Tamil Nadu) A. sp., A. dyumatsenae, A. indica (215196)
Danian66.0 - 61.66China (Tibet) A. sp. (215945)
Danian66.0 - 61.66France A. valeti (22970)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66Egypt A. sp. (34685)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Italy A. sp. (24269)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Slovakia (Cadca) A. sp. (215963)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Slovakia (Stara Ludovna) A. sp. (215962)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Slovakia (Presov) A. sp. (237451)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Croatia A. sp. (87251)
Paleocene - Ypresian66.0 - 48.07Slovakia (Zilina Region) A. sp. (237465)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Iraq (Kurdistan) A. sp. (215049)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Slovakia (Senica District) A. sp. (216025)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Slovakia (Zilina) A. sp. (216126 216127 216149)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Slovakia (Trencin) A. sp. (216060)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0China (Tibet) A. sp. (215938 215943)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Slovakia (Trencin) A. sp. (216062)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Slovakia (Trencin) A. sp. (216061 216109 216112 216115)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Morocco (Ifrane) A. sp. (215931)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Italy A. sp. (24270)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Iraq (Kurdistan) A. sp. (215061)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Austria (Upper Austria) A. sp. (216227 216228 216229 216231 216232 216233)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Slovakia A. sp. (88183 88184 88185 88272 88273 88274 88275)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07Slovakia (Zilina) A. sp. (237419)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07Iraq (Kurdistan) A. sp. (215173)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07India (Andhra Pradesh) A. sp. (46388)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Morocco (Ifrane) A. sp. (215932)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Meghalaya) A. robusta, A. valeti (214993)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India (Meghalaya) A. robusta, A. valeti (214994)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Libya A. sp. (42125)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) A. sp. (10703)