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Peyssonnelia

Florideophyceae - Peyssonneliales - Peyssonneliaceae

Taxonomy
Peyssonnelia was named by Decaisne (1841). It is extant. It is the type genus of Peyssonneliaceae.

It was assigned to Peyssonneliaceae by James et al. (1988), Schneider and Wynne (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Peyssonnelia Decaisne
1988Peyssonnelia James et al.
2007Peyssonnelia Schneider and Wynne

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
RankNameAuthor
subclassRhodymeniophycidae
orderPeyssonneliales
familyPeyssonneliaceaeDenizot 1968
genusPeyssonneliaDecaisne 1841

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. Peyssonnelia Decaisne 1841
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Peyssonnelia antiqua Johnson 1964
Peyssonnelia antiqua Johnson 1964
†Peyssonnelia baratangensis Badve and Kundal 1986
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 Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Slovakia P. antiqua (88186)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) P. antiqua (224748)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Spain P. sp. (68902)
Danian66.0 - 61.66India (Madhya Pradesh) P. antiqua (214823)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24Slovakia (Senica District) P. sp. (216027)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Slovakia P. sp. (69636)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Italy P. taeniiformis (24269)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Croatia P. antiqua (87251)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Iraq Peyssonelia antiqua (138275)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0France P. antiqua (149308 149311 149330 149331)
Danian - Ypresian66.0 - 48.07India (Andaman) P. baratangensis (215274)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Slovenia (Littoral) P. sp. (214590)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Austria (Upper Austria) P. antiqua (216231 216232 216233)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Slovakia P. antiqua (88183 88185 88272 88273 88274 88275)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Italy P. taeniiformis (24270)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Slovakia (Trencin) P. antiqua (216105)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07Poland (Malopolskie) P. antiqua (216226)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy (Veneto) P. sp. (180312)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03France P. sp., P. antiqua (148415)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) P. reposita (10703 10963)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Italy P. antiqua (36251)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland P. antiqua (70539)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Romania P. antiqua (198873)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Hawaii) P. sp. (105531)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Hawaii) P. sp. (105528)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) P. spp. (184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia P. sp. (97469)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) P. sp. (105526)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (166488 166490)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia P. sp. (97463)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (97408)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greece P. sp. (97633)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles P. sp. (96926)