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Uteria

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales

Taxonomy
Uteria was named by Michelin (1847). It is not extant. Its type is Uteria encrinella.

It was assigned to Dasycladales by Kiessling (2003).

Species
U. encrinella (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Uteria Michelin
2003Uteria Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
RankNameAuthor
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
genusUteriaMichelin 1847

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. †Uteria Michelin 1847
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†Uteria encrinella Michelin 1847
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 Thanetian or 66.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6France U. brocchii (20816) U. sp. (22970)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Spain U. sp. (68902)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Slovakia (Trencin) U. sarda, U. brochii (216062)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovakia (Trencin) U. brocchii, U. sp. (216109)