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Algae

Algae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Archidesmus loganensis Peach p. 123 figs. Pl 4, fig 4
1919Algae Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
classAlgae
RankNameAuthor
classAlgae

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.

Cl. Algae
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G. †Algacites Schlotheim 1822
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†Algacites filicoides Schlotheim 1822
†Algacites oogonifera Pant and Basu 1981
†Algacites orobiformis Schlotheim 1820
G. †Bartenia Helby 1987
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†Bartenia communis Helby 1987
†Bartenia helbyi Burger 1996
Fm. Botryococcaceae Wille 1909
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G. †Botryococcus Kutzing 1849
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†Botryococcus braunii Kutzing 1849
G. †Cancellophycus Saporta 1872
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†Cancellophycus liasinus Saporta 1872
†Cancellophycus rhombicum Ulrich 1904
G. †Collenia Walcott 1914
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†Collenia compacta Viswanathiah and Gowda 1970
†Collenia undosa Walcott 1914
G. †Confervites Brongniart 1828
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†Confervites dubius Berry 1905
†Confervites thoreaeformis Brongniart 1828
G. †Conophyton Maslov 1937
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†Conophyton cylindricus Maslov 1937
†Conophyton lituus Maslov 1937
G. †Cryptozoon Hall 1884
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†Cryptozoon occidentale Dawson 1897
†Cryptozoon proliferum Hall 1884
G. Delesseria Lamouroux 1813
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†Delesseria fulva Lesquereux 1872
G. †Dendrophycus Lesquereux 1884
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†Dendrophycus desorii Lesquereux 1884
†Dendrophycus triassicus Newberry 1887
G. †Dictyophycus Korde 1954
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†Dictyophycus gracilis Ruedemann 1931
G. †Elainabella Rowland and Rodriguez 2014
G. †Fucoides Brongniart 1822
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†Fucoides connecticutensis Hitchcock 1841
†Fucoides orbignianus Brongniart 1823
†Fucoides serra Brongniart 1828
†Fucoides shepardi Hitchcock 1841
†Fucoides venosus McClelland 1850
G. †Gilbertina Ulrich 1904
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†Gilbertina spiralis Ulrich 1904
G. †Gyrodendron Ulrich 1904
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†Gyrodendron emersoni Ulrich 1904
G. †Halymenites Sternberg 1833
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†Halymenites major Lesquereux 1872
†Halymenites schitzleinii Sternberg 1833
†Halymenites striatus Lesquereux 1872
G. †Jurusania Krylov 1963
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†Jurusania cylindrica Krylov 1963
G. †Loperia Newberry 1887
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†Loperia simplex Newberry 1888
G. †Myelophycus Ulrich 1904
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†Myelophycus curvatum Ulrich 1904
G. †Palaeodictyon Heer 1865
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G. †Petrophyton Yabe 1912
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†Petrophyton indica Rao 1942
G. †Retiphycus Ulrich 1904
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†Retiphycus hexagonale Ulrich 1904
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
Invalid names: Archidesmus loganensis Peach 1899 [nomen vanum], Characeales [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Mesoproterozoic to the top of the Holocene or 1600.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1000.0 Ma

Collections (511 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mesoproterozoic1600.0 - 1000.0India (Uttar Pradesh) Collenia kusiensis (224782)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Collenia baicalica (224776)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0India (Haryana) Collenia baicalica (224775)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0India (Uttar Pradesh) Conophyton cylindricus (224878)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0India (Uttarakhand) Collenia buriatica, Collenia columnaris (224777) Collenia kusiensis (224781) Collenia symmetrica (224783 224784)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0India (Karnataka) Collenia columnaris, Cryptozoon sp., Cryptozoon proliferum, Collenia compacta (224779)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Namibia Conophyton sp. (7912)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Collenia baicalica, Collenia buriatica, Collenia columnaris, Collenia symmetrica (224773) Collenia baicalica, Collenia symmetrica (224774) Collenia columnaris (224780) Jurusania sp. (225501)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Mexico Collenia sp. (10664) Conophyton sp. (10662)
Begadean538.8 - 520.0USA (Nevada) Elainabella deepspringensis (223401)
Montezuman520.0 - 515.3USA (Nevada) Algae indet. (41017)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) Algae indet. A, Algae indet. D (84435) Algae indet. D (84420 84436) Algae indet. D, Algae indet. F, Algae indet. G, Dictyophycus gracilis (84425) Algae indet. D, Algae indet. F, Dictyophycus gracilis (84427) Algae indet. D, Dictyophycus gracilis (84418 84429 84434) Algae indet. F, A. indet. D (84421) Algae indet. F, Algae indet. D, Dictyophycus gracilis (84422) Algae indet. F, Algae indet. E, Algae indet. D, Algae indet. C, Algae indet. B, Dictyophycus gracilis (84428) Algae indet. F, Dictyophycus gracilis (84424) Algae indet. G, Algae indet. F, Dictyophycus gracilis (84426) Dictyophycus gracilis (84423 84430 84431 84432 84433)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Algae indet. (171308)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Pennsylvania) Cryptozoon undulatum (77662 77666 77668 77669 77671 77673 77675 77677 77679 77681 77683 77687)
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0USA (California) Tetragraptus serra (205358)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0Argentina (Jujuy) Tetragraptus serra (220274)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Canada (Yukon) Tetragraptus serra (203982)
Yapeenian470.3 - 467.3New Zealand Tetragraptus serra (63200 63279 63281 63282 63326 63327 63328 63331 63362 63363)
Castlemainian470.0 - 470.3New Zealand Tetragraptus serra (63196 63284)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3China Algae indet. (211137)