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Dactylopora

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae

Taxonomy
Dactylopora was named by Lamarck (1838). It is not extant. Its type is Dactylopora cylindracea.

It was assigned to Dasycladaceae by Andrews (1970), Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Species
D. cylindracea (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Dactylopora Lamarck
1970Dactylopora Andrews
1976Dactylopora Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
familyDasycladaceaeKutzing 1843
genusDactyloporaLamarck 1838

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Dactylopora Lamarck 1838
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†Dactylopora cylindracea Lamarck 1838
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Architecture: porouso
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, oligotrophic, hypersaline, marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: "photoautotroph"o
Created: 2006-07-05 08:29:01
Modified: 2007-10-05 06:09:29
Source: o = order, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Bartonian or 66.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6France D. sp. (22970)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Turkey (Trabzon) D. bystrickyi (215864)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Slovakia (Zilina) D. gusici (216127)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Turkey (Sivas) D. bystrickyi (215863)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovakia (Trencin) D. bystrickyi (216109)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0India (Andaman Island ) D. minuta (214897)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India (Meghalaya) D. sp. (224695)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) D. cylindracea (3494)