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Chromista
| Description | Chromista is a biological kingdom of some single-celled eukaryotic organisms, which are probably polyphyletic. It includes all protists whose photosynthetic organelle (plastids) contain chlorophyll c. As it is assumed the last common ancestor already possessed chloroplasts of red algal origin, the non-photosynthetic forms evolved from ancestors able to perform photosynthesis. These plastids are surrounded by four membranes, and are believed to have been acquired from some red algae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromista, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Chromista | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Chromista | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (100%) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. R. Bown and J. R. Young. 1997. Mesozoic calcareous nannoplankton classification. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 19:21-36 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Kromister | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromista |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Acavomonidia phylum | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Bigyra phylum | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cercozoa phylum | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
 Ciliophoraphylum | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 513 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Cryptophyta phylum | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Foraminifera phylum | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Foram | 47,376 | 635 Ma Neoproterozoic | 0 Ma Extant |
 Haptophytaphylum | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Haptophyte Alga | 1,791 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant |
| Heliozoa phylum | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Myzozoa phylum | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 32 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ochrophyta phylum | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oomycota phylum | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Picozoa phylum | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
 Radiozoaphylum | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Radiolarian | 49,009 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant |
| Endohelea class | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Actinastridae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Astrolophidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Chloromonadaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Corythoecidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Hexalonchidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 46 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Hexastylidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 30 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Palacantholithidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Palaeodiscaleksidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Palaeolithocycliidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 23 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Paracuboctostylidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Polyentactiniidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pseudolitheliidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 24 | 273 Ma Permian | 252 Ma Permian | |
| Secuicollactidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sticholonchidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thalassosphaeridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Trimeridianellidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trizonidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Verrucalvaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Adlerocystis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Amphicraspedum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caminosphaera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Clathrosphaerula genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Collodastrum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Collodinium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Collophidium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cornutanna genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cromyostylus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cubosphaera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hexadorium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lamarkina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lampoxanthella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Odontosphaera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pentaspyris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pentinastrum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pharyngosphaera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Polymorpha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rhaphidoceras genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rhaphidonactis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Saldorfus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Saturnalina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Semivalvulina genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Sethosphaera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Solenosphactra genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Soreuma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphaerozonoceras genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Spongolonchis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tessarospyris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thalassicollidium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thalassopila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thalassoxanthomma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thecosphaerantha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Theosyringium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tholomura genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tripodocorys genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trypanosphaera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trypanosphaerula genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Xanthiosphaera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Xiphostylantha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Xiphostylomma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hacrobia unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Harosa unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1981 | Chromista Cavalier-Smith |
| 2003 | Chromista Kiessling |
| 2015 | Chromista Ruggiero et al. p. 18 |
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!
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