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Polystrata
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Peyssonneliales : Peyssonneliaceae : Polystrata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Cryptonemiales : Peyssonneliaceae : Polystrata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Polystrata Heydrich, 1905 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 136 - 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Bassi. 1998. Coralline algal facies and their palaeoenvironments in the Late Eocene of northern Italy (Calcare di Nago, Trento). Facies 39:179-202 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Polystrata alba species | listed (PBDB) | 77 | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | |
Polystrata compacta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Polystrata dura species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Polystrata fosliei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudolithothamnium album species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Ethelia Weber-van Bosse, 1921 | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Peyssonneliales : Peyssonneliaceae : Ethelia |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1905 | Polystrata Heydrich |
1998 | Polystrata Bassi |
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!