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Rhizosoleniaceae
Discussion
De Toni attributes name to "P. Petit (1889) in Pell. Diat. I, pg 202"
Taxonomy
Rhizosoleniaceae was named by De Toni (1890). It is extant.
It was assigned to Rhizosoleniales by Silva (1962); and to Centrales by Chrétiennot-Dinet et al. (1993).
It was assigned to Rhizosoleniales by Silva (1962); and to Centrales by Chrétiennot-Dinet et al. (1993).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1890 | Rhizosoleniaceae De Toni p. 921 |
| 1962 | Rhizosoleniaceae Silva p. 830 |
| 1993 | Rhizosoleniaceae Chrétiennot-Dinet et al. p. 163 |
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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. Rhizosoleniaceae De Toni 1890
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G. Dactyliosolen Castracane 1886
G. Pseudosolenia Sundström 1986
G. Rhizosolenia Brightwell 1858
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma
Collections (45 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Campanian | Antarctica | Rhizosolenia cretacea (57573 57574) | |
| Campanian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Proboscia cretacea (57614 57618 57619 57621 57623 57624 57625 57626 57628 57630 57642 57645 57652 57654) | |
| Maastrichtian | Antarctica | Rhizosolenia cretacea (57555 57560 57561 57564 57565 57567 57569 57571 57572) Rhizosolenia cretacea, Rhizosolenia sp. A. (57568) Rhizosolenia cretacea, Rhizosolenia sp. B. (57556) Rhizosolenia sp. A. (57558 57562) | |
| Paleocene | Antarctica | Rhizosolenia cretacea (57537 57538 57541 57543 57547 57549 57552) Rhizosolenia cretacea, Rhizosolenia sp. A. (57540 57542) Rhizosolenia cretacea, Rhizosolenia sp. A., Rhizosolenia sp. B. (57545 57550) Rhizosolenia cretacea, Rhizosolenia sp. B. (57544) | |
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Rhizosolenia bergonii, Rhizosolenia miocenica (48887) | |
| Zanclean | Japan | Proboscia barboi, Rhizosolenia hebetata, Rhizosolenia sp. (55643) | |
| Piacenzian | Japan | Proboscia barboi (101907) | |
| Holocene | Sweden | Pseudosolenia calcaravis (35074) |