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Phycosiphon ✝
| Description | Phycosiphon is an ichnogenus of trace fossil. The first recorded fossil was found in Scunthorpe, United Kingdom. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phycosiphon, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Phycosiphon | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Phycosiphon | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | ||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Phycosiphon Fischer-Ooster, 1858 | ||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 408 - 388 Ma Devonian | ||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. E. Plotnick. 2006. Names of marine ichnofossil genera. | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phycosiphon |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1858 | Phycosiphon von Fischer-Ooster |
| 1975 | Phycosiphon Hantzschel |
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!
