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Kopetdagaria sphaerica ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8260371	https://www.gbif.org/species/8260371
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	274459	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=274459

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Dasycladales : Triploporellaceae : Kopetdagaria : Kopetdagaria sphaerica

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Chlorophyta : Dasycladophyceae : Dasycladales : Triploporellaceae : Kopetdagaria : Kopetdagaria sphaerica

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Archaeplastida
-	Chloroplastida
phylum	Chlorophyta	Reichenbach 1834
class	Dasycladophyceae
order	Dasycladales	Kützing 1860
family	Triploporellaceae	Pia 1920
genus	Kopetdagaria	Maslov 1960
species	Kopetdagaria sphaerica	Maslov 1960

Generic Name

Kopetdagaria

Scientific Name

Kopetdagaria sphaerica Maslov, 1960

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Kopetdagaria sphaerica	species	belongs to Kopetdagaria	stated with evidence	Maslov, 1960

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

122 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

coastal,inner shelf,oligotrophic,hypersaline,marine,brackish (based on Dasycladales)

Motility

stationary (based on Dasycladales)

Diet

photoautotroph (based on Dasycladales)

Taphonomy

aragonite,porous (based on Dasycladales)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

I. I. Bucur. 1994. Algues calcaires de la zone de Resita-Moldova Noua (Carpathes méridionales, Roumanie). Revue de Paléobiologie (13):147-209

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1960	Kopetdagaria sphaerica Maslov

References

Bucur I. I. (1994) Algues calcaires de la zone de Resita-Moldova Noua (Carpathes méridionales, Roumanie), Revue de Paléobiologie 13, 147-209

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!

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