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Melosiraceae
Source Data |
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Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Ochrophyta : Bacillariophyceae : Melosirales : Melosiraceae | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Diatomophyceae : Centrales : Melosiraceae | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Melosiraceae | ||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Centrales) | ||||||||||||||||||
Motility | passively mobile (based on Centrales) | ||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Centrales) | ||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | asexual (based on Centrales) | ||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Centrales) | ||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. Cervato. 2005. personal opinion. | ||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | メロシーラ |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Angusticopula genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Conferva genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Druridgea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Druridgia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ferocia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lysigonium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Melosira genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 45 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | |
Paraszechenyia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudopodosira genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
Tumulopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2005 | Melosiraceae Cervato |
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!