BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems
Pediastrum ✝
| Description | Pediastrum is a genus of green algae, in the family Hydrodictyaceae. It is a photoautotrophic, nonmotile coenobial (fixed number of cells) green algae that inhabits freshwater environments. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pediastrum, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source Data |
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Chlorophyta : Chlorophyceae : Sphaeropleales : Hydrodictyaceae : Pediastrum | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chlorophyta : Chlorophyceae : Pediastrum | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Pediastrum Meyen, 1829 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 129 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 0.13 - 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | lagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Chlorophyta) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Chlorophyta) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photoautotroph (based on Chlorophyta) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | V. Barreda and S. Palamarczuk. 2000. Palinomorfos continentales y marinos de la Formación Monte León en su área tipo, provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina. Ameghiniana 37(1):3-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Tagghjul | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pediastrum |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pediastrum acantostephanos species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pediastrum alternans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pediastrum angulosum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pediastrum aniae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pediastrum bicaudata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pediastrum biwae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pediastrum boryanum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 13 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Pediastrum braunii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pediastrum duplex species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pediastrum ellipticum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pediastrum glanduliferum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pediastrum integrum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pediastrum musterii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Pediastrum muticum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pediastrum obtusum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pediastrum sculptatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pediastrum sturmii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pediastrum taylori species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pediastrum tricornutum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pediastrum willei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
|---|---|
| 1829 | Pediastrum Meyen |
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!
