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Nitellopsis
| Description | Nitellopsis obtusa is a large freshwater alga. It is also known by the common name starry stonewort. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitellopsis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Charophyta : Charophyceae : Charales : Characeae : Nitellopsis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Charophyta : Charophyceae : Charales : Feistiellaceae : Nitellopsis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Nitellopsis Hy, 1889 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Dias-Brito, E. A. Musacchio, and J. C. de Castro, M. d. S. A. S. Maranhão, J. M. Suárez, R. Rodrigues. 2001. Grupo Bauru: uma unidade continental do Cretáceo no Brasil – concepções baseadas em dados micropaleontológicos, isotópicos e estratigráficos [Bauru Group: a continental unit from the Cretaceous of Brazil – concepts based on micropaleontological, isotopic, and stratigraphic data]. Revue de Paléobiologie 20(1):245-304 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Stjärnslinken | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitellopsis |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Nitellopsis obtusa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nitellopsis sarcularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1889 | Nitellopsis Hy |
| 2001 | Nitellopsis Dias-Brito et al. p. 270 |
References
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!
