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Munieria ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Dasycladales : Dasycladaceae : Munieria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chlorophyta : Dasycladophyceae : Dasycladales : Dasycladaceae : Munieria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Munieria Deecke, 1883 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 140 - 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 86.3 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | coastal,inner shelf,oligotrophic,hypersaline,marine,brackish (based on Dasycladales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Dasycladales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Dasycladales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite,porous (based on Dasycladales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. Poignant. 1968. Les Algues du toit des bauxites des environs de Mazaugues. Revue de Micropaléontologie 2(4):233-240 |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1883 | Munieria Deecke |
1968 | Munieria Poignant |
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!