Diplopora
| Diplopora Temporal range: Silurian – Jurassic 426.2–155.7 Ma | |
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| Fossil of Diplopora annulata from Triassic of Italy | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Dasycladales |
| Family: | Diploporaceae |
| Genus: | Diplopora K.E. Schafhäutl, 1863 |
Diplopora is a genus of marine dasycladacean algae in the family Diploporaceae.[1][2][3][4]
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil records from the Silurian to the Jurassic (from about 426.2 to 155.7 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Europe, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Iraq and United States.[5]
Species
Species within this genus include:[5]
- Diplopora oregonensis E. Flügel et al.
- Diplopora permica Korde 1965
- Diplopora annulata Schafhäutl [6]
References
- ↑ GBIF
- ↑ Orr, Elizabeth L.; Orr, William N. (2009). Oregon fossils (2nd ed.). Corvallis: Oregon State University Press. pp. 7–8. ISBN 9780870715730.
- ↑ "The University of Montana Paleontology Center". Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ Erik Flügel; Baba Senowbari-Daryan; George D. Stanley, Jr. (1989). "Late Triassic dasycladacean alga from northeastern Oregon: significance of first reported occurrence in western North America". Journal of Paleontology. 63 (3): 374–381. JSTOR 1305509.
- 1 2 Paleobiology Database
- ↑ M Herak - 1957 Some Problems in the Dasyclad Genus Diplopora
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