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Zygnemataceae

Algae - Zygnemataceae

Taxonomy
Zygnemataceae was named by Kutzing (1898). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Charophyceae by Kutzing (1898); and to Algae by Vera et al. (2022) and Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Zygnemataceae Kutzing
2022Zygnemataceae Vera et al.
2023Zygnemataceae Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
classAlgae
RankNameAuthor
familyZygnemataceaeKutzing 1898
familyZygnemataceaeKutzing 1898

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.

Fm. †Zygnemataceae Kutzing 1898
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G. †Gelasinicysta Head 1992
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G. †Lecaniella Cookson and Eisenack 1962
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†Lecaniella margostriata Cookson and Eisenack 1962
G. †Mougeotiates Paradkar and Barlinge 1982
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†Mougeotiates deccani Paradkar and Barlinge 1982
G. †Ovoidites Krutzsch 1959
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†Ovoidites parvus Nakoman 1966
†Ovoidites spriggii Cookson and Dettmann 1959
G. †Spirogyra Link 1820
G. †Tetraporina Naumova 1950
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†Tetraporina horologia Playford 1963
†Tetraporina sibirica Kondratyev 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Carboniferous to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 358.90000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (111 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9Argentina (La Rioja) Tetraporina sp., Tetraporina horologia, Tetraporina sibirica (151440)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Italy Tetraporina sp. (32205 32207)
Dienerian - Smithian250.5 - 247.2Madagascar Tetraporina sp. (31351)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Denmark (Bornholm) Ovoidites spp. (83134)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8France (Poitou-Charentes) Ovoidites parvus, Lecaniella sp. (142093)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Egypt (El Wadi El Gadid) Ovoidites parvus (139494 139495 139499 139501)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Lecaniella foveata (222984) Ovoidites grandis, Ovoidites parvus (223059) Ovoidites parvus (223086 223332 223336) Ovoidites parvus, Lecaniella foveata (222982 223334) Ovoidites parvus, Ovoidites spriggii (223031) Ovoidites spriggii (223004 223032)
Turonian - Santonian93.9 - 83.6South Sudan Ovoidites parvus (199975 199977)
Coniacian - Maastrichtian89.8 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Ovoidites sp. (233992)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Ovoidites sp. (234588 234599) Tetraporina sp. (234420 234573 234576) Tetraporina sp., Ovoidites sp. (234421 234589 234602 234603)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Ovoidites sp. (229243 229244 229245 229246 229247)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Ovoidites parvus, Ovoidites spriggii (231725)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Aragón) Ovoidites parvus (224902)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0South Sudan Ovoidites parvus (199953)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Ovoidites spriggi, Ovoidites sp., Ovoidites parvus (234016)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Gelasinicysta vangeelii, Ovoidites spp. (152264) Zygnemataceae indet. (172885)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (North Dakota) Ovoidites sp. (234577 234582 234590 234591 234610 234613 234614) Tetraporina sp. (234584 234596 234607) Tetraporina sp., Ovoidites sp. (234578 234580 234605 234608 234612)
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9USA (Virginia) Ovoidites sp. (233015) Tetraporina spp. (233016)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Madhya Pradesh) Mougeotiates deccani (224606)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Argentina (Chubut) Spirogyra sp. 1, Spirogyra sp. 2 (152926)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Ovoidites spp. (11097 11102 33759 33761 33762 33764 33766 33768 33769 33772 33773 33776 33778 33779 33781 33783 33786 33787 33789 33791 33796 33798 33801 33804 33806 33816 33818 33820 33825 33826 33828 33829 33830 33834 33836 33837 33838 33839 33840) Tetraporina spp., Ovoidites spp. (33760 33770)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Ovoidites sp. (24201)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) Spirogyra sp. (227782)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Spain (A Coruña) Ovoidites spp. (154035)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Middle Miocene28.4 - 11.608Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Spirogyra sp. Tipo A, Spirogyra sp. Tipo B, Spirogyra sp. Tipo C (169381)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Azerbaijan Ovoidites sp. (116622)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Spirogyra sp. Tipo A, Spirogyra sp. Tipo B, Spirogyra sp. Tipo C (166708)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) Spirogyra sp. (11798)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Zygnemataceae indet., Spirogyra sp. (38321)