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Pycnoporidium
Description | Pycnoporidium is thought to be a genus of red or green alga; one species has been synonymized with the brachiopod Gosaukammerella, leaving the interpretation of the other species uncertain. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pycnoporidium, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Pycnoporidium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Solenoporaceae : Pycnoporidium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Pycnoporidium H.Yabe & S.Toyama, 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 272 - 269 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | coastal,inner shelf,marine (based on Rhodophyceae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Rhodophyceae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Rhodophyceae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite,porous (based on Rhodophyceae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pycnoporidium |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Pycnoporidium levantinum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 59.2 Ma Paleocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1928 | Pycnoporidium Yabe and Toyama |
2003 | Pycnoporidium 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!