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Podosira

Bacillariophyceae - Melosirales - Melosiraceae

Taxonomy
Podosira was named by Ehrenberg (1840). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Coscinodiscaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Melosiraceae by Chrétiennot-Dinet et al. (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Podosira Ehrenberg
1976Podosira Lakhanpal et al.
1993Podosira Chrétiennot-Dinet et al. p. 163

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomProtista
phylumOchrophyta
classBacillariophyceaeHaeckel 1878
RankNameAuthor
orderMelosirales
familyMelosiraceae
genusPodosiraEhrenberg 1840

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. †Podosira Ehrenberg 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Diet: "photoautotroph"c
Created: 2008-03-19 02:48:18
Modified: 2008-03-19 04:48:18
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Neogene or 66.00000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Antarctica P. simpla (57539 57547)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) P. argus (224619)