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Thaumatoporella

Thaumatoporellales

Taxonomy
Thaumatoporella was named by Pia (1927). It is not extant. Its type is Gyroporella parvovesiculifera.

It was assigned to Dasycladaceae by Andrews (1970); and to Thaumatoporellales by Barattolo (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Thaumatoporella Pia
1970Thaumatoporella Andrews
1991Thaumatoporella Barattolo

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
RankNameAuthor
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
orderThaumatoporellalesDe Castro 1988
genusThaumatoporellaPia 1927

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. †Thaumatoporella Pia 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackishg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: "photoautotroph"g
Created: 2007-09-07 05:32:42
Modified: 2007-09-07 07:32:42
Source: g = genus
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Ypresian or 246.70000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (174 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy T. parvovesiculifera (49931)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Hungary T. parvovesiculifera (42258)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany T. sp. (67653)
Ladinian - Julian241.464 - 233.6Slovakia T. parvovesiculifera (34882)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Hungary T. parvovesiculifera (60383)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Austria T. parvovesiculifera (22995)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Iran T. parvovesiculifera (37045)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Oman T. parvovesiculifera (24305)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Greece T. sp. (38017)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Austria T. parvovesiculifera (60118)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Italy (Rome) T. parvovesiculifera (162616)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Italy (Benevento) T. parvovesiculifera (162618)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Italy (Frosinone) T. parvovesiculifera (162617)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) T. occidentalis (87602)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Italy T. parvovesiculifera (67086)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Slovenia T. sp. (79272)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Greece (Ionian Islands) T. parvovesiculifera (276103 276104 276105) T. sp. (276094 276095 276096 276097 276098 276099)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Greece (Ionian Islands) T. sp. (276123 276124 276125 276126)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07Greece (Ionian Islands) T. sp. (276167 276168 276169 276170 276171)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Egypt (Red Sea Governate) T. parvoeesiculifera (215930)