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Otternstella

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae

Taxonomy
Otternstella was named by Granier et al. (1994). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dasycladaceae by Yilmaz (1999).

Species
O. anici, O. lemmensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
O. arabica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Otternstella Granier et al.
1999Otternstella Yilmaz

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
familyDasycladaceaeKutzing 1843
genusOtternstellaGranier et al. 1994

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. Otternstella Granier et al. 1994
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Otternstella anici Granier et al. 1994
Otternstella lemmensis Bassoulett et al. 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Architecture: porouso
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, oligotrophic, hypersaline, marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: "photoautotroph"o
Created: 2006-07-05 08:29:01
Modified: 2007-10-05 06:09:29
Source: o = order, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Berriasian or 155.70000 to 140.20000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 152.1 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Heteroporella lemmensis (68249)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Spain Heteroporella lemmensis (34610)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Heteroporella lemmensis (68250 68251)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Turkey O. arabica, O. lemmensis (149922) O. lemmensis (149913 149914 149915 149916 149917 149918 149919 149920 149921 149924 149925 149926)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Berriasian155.7 - 140.2Turkey O. lemmensis, O. anici (149865)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Turkey O. lemmensis (149951 149952 149953 149954 149955 149956 149957)