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Palaeothamnium

Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinophycidae

Taxonomy
Palaeothamnium was named by Conti (1945). Its type is Palaeothamnium archaeotypum.

It was assigned to Corallinaceae by Pisera (1985).

Species
P. kossovense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Palaeothamnium Conti
1985Palaeothamnium Pisera p. 101

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
RankNameAuthor
familyCorallinophycidae()
orderCorallinalesSilva and Johansen 1986
familyCorallinaceaeLamouroux 1816
genusPalaeothamniumConti 1945

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. †Palaeothamnium Conti 1945
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: "photoautotroph"f
Created: 2005-06-21 06:27:21
Modified: 2005-06-21 08:27:21
Source: f = family
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Badenian or 66.00000 to 12.70000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland (Lesser Poland Voivodeship) P. sp. (215834)
Danian66.0 - 61.6China (Tibet) P. sp. (215946)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Slovakia (Presov) P. sp. (216381)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France P. iorii (149313 149314)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Dominican Republic (Barahona) P. kossovense (221483)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland P. kossovense (149161 149167)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland P. kossovense (138295 138307) P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2, P. kossovense (138306)