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Rhizosolenia

Bacillariophyceae - Rhizosoleniales - Rhizosoleniaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Rhizosolenia Brightwell pp. 93-94
1890Rhizosolenia De Toni p. 921
1983Rhizosolenia Abbott and Ernissee p. 302
1993Rhizosolenia Chrétiennot-Dinet et al. p. 162

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomProtista
phylumOchrophyta
classBacillariophyceaeHaeckel 1878
RankNameAuthor
orderRhizosoleniales
familyRhizosoleniaceae
genusRhizosolenia

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. Rhizosolenia Brightwell 1858
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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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 Campanian to the top of the Zanclean or 83.60000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica R. cretacea (57573 57574)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica R. cretacea (57555 57560 57561 57564 57565 57567 57569 57571 57572) R. cretacea, R. sp. A. (57568) R. cretacea, R. sp. B. (57556) R. sp. A. (57558 57562)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Antarctica R. cretacea (57537 57538 57541 57543 57547 57549 57552) R. cretacea, R. sp. A. (57540 57542) R. cretacea, R. sp. A., R. sp. B. (57545 57550) R. cretacea, R. sp. B. (57544)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) R. bergonii, R. miocenica (48887)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Japan R. hebetata, R. sp. (55643)