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Diatomophyceae
Source Data |
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Rank | class (PBDB) | ||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Diatomophyceae | ||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 101 | ||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 18 (18%) | ||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Andrews. 1976. Miocene marine diatoms from the Choptank Formation, Calvert County, Maryland. Professional Paper |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Biddulphiales ✝ order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 13.8 Ma Miocene | 13.8 Ma Miocene | |
Centrales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 394 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Heterales order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pennales order | listed (PBDB) | 300 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1976 | Diatomophyceae Andrews p. 8 |
References
Andrews G. (1976) Miocene marine diatoms from the Choptank Formation, Calvert County, Maryland, Professional Paper |
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!