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Distichoplax

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4893085https://www.gbif.org/species/4893085
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)275510https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=275510
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Distichoplax
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Distichoplax
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
kingdomPlantaeHaeckel 1866
subkingdomBiliphytaCavalier-Smith 1981
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
classRhodophyceaeRuprecht 1851
orderCorallinalesSilva and Johansen 1986
familyCorallinaceaeLamouroux 1816
subfamilyLithophylloideaeSetchell 1943
genusDistichoplaxJ.Pia 1934
Scientific NameDistichoplax J.Pia, 1934
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Distichoplaxgenusbelongs to Lithophylloideaestated with evidencePoignant and du Chaffaut, 1969
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance89.3 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance56.0 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Environmentmarine (based on Corallinaceae)
Motilitystationary, attached, epibiont (based on Corallinaceae)
Dietphotoautotroph (based on Corallinaceae)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Corallinaceae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. F. Poignant and S. A. du Chaffaut. 1969. Les algues des formations transgressives maestrichtiennes, paléocènes et yprésiennes de la côte sud-orientale de la Corse. Revue de Micropaléontologie 12(4):202-208

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1934Distichoplax Pia
1969Distichoplax Poignant and du Chaffaut

References

Poignant A. F., du Chaffaut S. A. (1969) Les algues des formations transgressives maestrichtiennes, paléocènes et yprésiennes de la côte sud-orientale de la Corse, Revue de Micropaléontologie 12 4, 202-208
Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature]. Web publication, available at http://botany.si.edu/ing/ (accessed August 2007). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2019). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. - via World Register of Marine Species
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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