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Botryococcus ✝
| Description | Botryococcus is a genus of green algae. The cells form an irregularly shaped aggregate. Thin filaments connect the cells. The cell body is ovoid, 6 to 10 μm long, and 3 to 6 μm wide. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botryococcus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Chlorophyta : Trebouxiophyceae : Trebouxiales : Botryococcaceae : Botryococcus | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chlorophyta : Chlorophyceae : Botryococcus | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Botryococcus Kützing, 1849 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 314 - 306 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. Palinoestratigrafía de depósitos del Oligoceno tardío-Mioceno en el área sur del Golfo San Jorge, provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina. Ameghiniana 37(1):103-117 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Sågspånsalger | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botryococcus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Botryococcus braunii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 296 Ma Permian | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Botryococcus calcareus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Botryococcus neglectus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Botryococcus pila species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Botryococcus protuberans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Botryococcus sudeticus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Botryococcus terribilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Ineffigiatus West & West | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Chlorophyta : Trebouxiophyceae : Trebouxiales : Botryococcaceae : Ineffigiatus |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1849 | Botryococcus Kutzing |
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!
