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Thaumatoporellales

Thaumatoporellales

Taxonomy
Thaumatoporellales was named by De Castro (1988).

It was assigned to Chlorophyta by Barattolo (1991).

Subtaxa
Thaumatoporella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Thaumatoporellales De Castro
1991Thaumatoporellales Barattolo

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
RankNameAuthor
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
orderThaumatoporellalesDe Castro 1988
orderThaumatoporellalesDe Castro 1988

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.

Or. †Thaumatoporellales De Castro 1988
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G. †Thaumatoporella Pia 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2007-10-23 02:26:17
Modified: 2007-10-23 04:26:17
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Ypresian or 247.20000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (188 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera (49931)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Hungary Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera (42258)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Germany Thaumatoporella sp. (67653)
Ladinian - Julian242.0 - 232.0Slovakia Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera (34882)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera (60118)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Iran Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera (37045)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Greece Thaumatoporella sp. (38017)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Oman Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera (24305)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4USA (Oregon) Thaumatoporella sp. (234338)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Austria Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera (22995)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Italy (Naples) Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera (162647 162650)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Thaumatoporella occidentalis (87602)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Italy Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera (82392)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Italy (Frosinone) Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera (162617)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Italy (Rome) Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera (162616)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Italy (Benevento) Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera (162618)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Italy (Salemo) Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera (162622)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Italy Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera (67086)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Slovenia Thaumatoporella sp. (79272)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Egypt (Red Sea Governate) Thaumatoporella parvoeesiculifera (215930)