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Oomycota

Taxonomy
Oomycota is a phylum. It is extant.

It was assigned to Protoctista by Margulis (1996).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Oomycota Margulis p. 1074

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukarya
Protoctista
RankNameAuthor
phylumOomycota
phylumOomycota

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.

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G. †Palaeophthora Singhai 1978
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G. †Pythites Pampaloni 1902
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Pythites disodilis Pampaloni 1902
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Paleogene or 66.00000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Madhya Pradesh) Palaeophthora mohgaonensis (224606)