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Palaeomastigocladus ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Chlorophyta : Palaeomastigocladus | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chlorophyta : Palaeomastigocladus | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Palaeomastigocladus Misra & Kumar, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 89.3 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 89.3 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||
Environment | lagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Chlorophyta) | ||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Chlorophyta) | ||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Chlorophyta) | ||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. K. Misra and P. Kumar. 1988. Fossil algae from the Cretaceous of Varagur, Tiruchirapalli District, Tamil Nadu. Palaeobotanist 37(1):36-51 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Palaeomastigocladus indicus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1988 | Palaeomastigocladus Misra and Kumar |
References
Misra P. K., Kumar P. (1988) Fossil algae from the Cretaceous of Varagur, Tiruchirapalli District, Tamil Nadu, Palaeobotanist 37 1, 36-51 |
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!