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Carpathocodium ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Bryopsidales : Codiaceae : Carpathocodium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chlorophyta : Bryopsidophyceae : Caulerpales : Carpathocodium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Carpathocodium O.Dragastan, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Dragastan, O. (1985). Review of Tethyan Mesozoic Algae of Romania. Paleoalgology. 101-161. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 145 - 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 133 - 125 Ma Early/Lower 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) | D. L. Dineley and S. J. Metcalfe. 1999. Chapter 4. Early Devonian fossil fishes sites of the Welsh Borders. Fossil Fishes of Great Britain |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Carpathocodium anae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1985 | Carpathocodium Dragastan |
| 1999 | Carpathocodium Dineley and Metcalfe |
References
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!
