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Receptaculites occidentalis

Chlorophyceae - Receptaculitidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
R. ellipticus, R. elongatus, R. neptuni, R. poelmi
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. arcticus, R. articus, R. biconstrictus, R. monticulatus

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
familyReceptaculitidaeEichwald 1860
genusReceptaculitesDefrance 1827
speciesoccidentalis

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Edenian or 457.30000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan - Blackriveran470.0 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Receptaculites occidentalis (6991)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) Receptaculites occidentalis (24231)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Receptaculites occidentalis (26188)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Receptaculites occidentalis (26192)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) Receptaculites occidentalis (24225 24230)