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Botryococcus

Algae - Botryococcaceae

Taxonomy
Botryococcus was named by Kutzing (1849). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Chlorophyceae by Kutzing (1849); and to Botryococcaceae by Chauhan (1991) and Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).

Species
B. braunii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Botryococcus Kutzing
1991Botryococcus Chauhan
2023Botryococcus Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
classAlgae
RankNameAuthor
familyBotryococcaceaeWille 1909
genusBotryococcusKutzing 1849

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. †Botryococcus Kutzing 1849
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†Botryococcus braunii Kutzing 1849
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Holocene or 312.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (193 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) B. sp. (10780 10781 10782 10783 10784 10785 10786)
Sakmarian - Kungurian293.52 - 272.3USA (Kansas) B. braunii (32659)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Canada (Nunavut) B. sp. (34100 34101)
Buntsandstein259.51 - 251.902Germany B. sp. (27001 27004 27165 27261 27272)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4United Kingdom (England) B. sp. (38382)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) B. sp. (38397)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (Scotland) B. sp. (40705 40715)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Morocco (Figuig) B. sp. (176120)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) B. sp. (38401)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) B. braunii (31054)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) B. sp. (38479)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Botryococcus indet. (31288)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Denmark (Bornholm) B. braunii (83134)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8United Kingdom (England) B. sp. (32341)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian145.0 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) B. sp. (32347 32351)
Valanginian - Barremian139.8 - 125.0Chile (Doceava Región) B. spp. (150037)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) B. sp. (222984 222994 223031 223059 223081 223331 223334 223335 223336 223338)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) B. sp. (149850)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Brazil (Sergipe) B. sp. (169691 169716 169728 169731 169759 169775)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) B. sp. (32199)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Antarctica B. spp. (153429)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Nigeria (Maiduguri) B. bruni (139254 139255 139256 139257 139258 139259 139260 139263 139265 139266 139267 139268 139269 139271 139272 139273 139275 139277 139278 139279 139280)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) B. sp. (149846)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Antarctica B. spp. (153430)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene100.5 - 61.7Argentina (Chubut) B. braunii (195707) Botryococcus indet, B. braunii (195706)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Eocene100.5 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) B. braunii (170882 170905)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5South Sudan B. sp. (199981 199982 199983 199984 199985 199986 199988 199991 199992)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5South Sudan B. sp. (199994 199998 200006 200007 200009 200012 200027 200029)
Turonian - Santonian93.9 - 83.6South Sudan B. sp. (199967 199969 199971 199972 199973 199974 199975 199976 199977 199978 199979)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0South Sudan B. sp. (199954 199955 199956 199957 199959 199960 199962 199963)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica B. spp. (153427)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica B. sp. (150271)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) B. sp. (168549)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Antarctica B. spp. (153424)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) B. sp. (229243 229244 229245 229246 229247)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0South Sudan B. sp. (192391 199948 199949 199950 199951 199952 199953)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) B. sp. 1, B. sp. 2, B. sp. 3, B. sp. 4, B. sp. (152264)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Gujarat) B. braunii (224713)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Argentina (Chubut) B. braunii (152926)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0India (Rajasthan) B. braunii (224712)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) B. sp. (24201)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) B. sp. (227672 227709 227801)
Late/Upper Eocene (glacial)37.2 - 33.9Antarctica (Prydz Bay) B. spp. (168823)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) B. brawnii (151587)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) B. braunii (143211 143212 143213 143214)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Middle Miocene28.4 - 11.608Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) B. braunii (169381)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene28.4 - 5.333Argentina B. sp. (169468)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Azerbaijan B. sp. (116622)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand B. braunii (169164) B. coenobia, B. braunii (169168) B. spp. (169165)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) B. braunii (166708)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Colombia (Cundinamarca) B. sp. (122034)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India (Tamil Nadu) B. sp. (224618)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India (Kerala) B. braunii (224714)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Argentina (La Rioja) B. sp. (153418)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) B. sp. (144210)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene15.97 - 3.6South Atlantic (Falkland Islands) B. braunii (169355 169356)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Turkey (Yalova) B. sp. (184470)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) B. sp. (61887)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) B. spores (172830 172832 172833 172836 172837 172855 172867 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) B. sp. (224613 224614 224715 224751)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) B. sp. (228772)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) B. sp. (228760 228761 228776)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Portugal (Algarve) B. sp. (40809)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy B. sp. (38321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) B. sp. (93677)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) B. sp. (228762 228763 228773)