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Petrascula

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales

Taxonomy
Petrascula was named by Guembel (1873).

It was assigned to Dasycladales by Bodeur (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Petrascula Guembel
1995Petrascula Bodeur

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
RankNameAuthor
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
genusPetrasculaGuembel 1873

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. †Petrascula Guembel 1873
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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 Tithonian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 152.10000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Spain P. bursiformis (34612)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France P. sp. (68426)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Austria P. bursiformis (36223)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0France P. sp. (56932)