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Anthracoporella
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Dasycladales : Dasycladaceae : Anthracoporella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chlorophyta : Dasycladophyceae : Dasycladales : Anthracoporella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Anthracoporella Pia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 411 - 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | C. Helm, I. Schülke, and F. Schlagintweit. 2003. Calcareous algae ("Porostromata", Rhodophyta, Dasycladales) and microproblematica with algal affinity from the NW German Korallenoolith Formation (Oxfordian, Süntel Mountains). Facies 49:61-86 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Anthracoporella spectabilis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 268 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2003 | Anthracoporella Helm et al. |
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!