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Morelletpora ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4887283https://www.gbif.org/species/4887283
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)69891https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=69891
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Dasycladales : Triploporellaceae : Morelletpora
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Chlorophyta : Dasycladophyceae : Dasycladales : Triploporellaceae : Morelletpora
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-Archaeplastida
-Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
classDasycladophyceae
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
familyTriploporellaceaePia 1920
genusMorelletporaC.P.Varma 1950
Scientific NameMorelletpora C.P.Varma, 1950
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Morelletporagenusbelongs to Triploporellaceaestated without evidenceParente, 1997
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentcoastal,inner shelf,oligotrophic,hypersaline,marine,brackish (based on Dasycladales)
Motilitystationary (based on Dasycladales)
Dietphotoautotroph (based on Dasycladales)
Taphonomyaragonite,porous (based on Dasycladales)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. Parente. 1997. Dasycladales from the Upper Maastrichtian of Salento Peninsula (Puglia, Southern Italy). Facies 36:91-122

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1950Morelletpora Varma
1970Morelletpora Andrews
1997Morelletpora Parente p. 117

References

Parente M. (1997) Dasycladales from the Upper Maastrichtian of Salento Peninsula (Puglia, Southern Italy), Facies 36, 91-122
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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