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Botryococcaceae
Description | Botryococcaceae is a family of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botryococcaceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Chlorophyta : Trebouxiophyceae : Trebouxiales : Botryococcaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scientific Name | Botryococcaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botryococcaceae |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Botryococcus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 160 | 314 Ma Carboniferous | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | |
Dichotomococcus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
References
Guiry, G.M. (2013) AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas |
Stehn, A. (2012) Alger/rättningslista till DT.xlsx. Excelfil: Dyntaxa - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!