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Dictyochales
| Description | Dictyochales (Silicoflagellates, or Dictyochophyceae sensu stricto) are a small group of unicellular heterokont algae, found in marine environments. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictyochales, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Ochrophyta : Dictyochophyceae : Dictyochales | |||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Heterokontophyta : Dictyochophyceae : Dictyochales | |||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Dictyochales | |||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (11%) | |||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. Taylor, T. Taylor, and M. Krings. 2008. Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. | |||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | ディクチオカ | |||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictyochales |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cornuaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dictyochaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 83 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Lyramulaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mesocenaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Vallacertaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Corbisema genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 68 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Silicoflagellida | GBIF | order | Chromista : Ochrophyta : Dictyochophyceae : Silicoflagellida |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2008 | Dictyochales Taylor et al. p. 1027 |
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!
