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Caulerpales
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Chlorophyta : Chlorophyceae : Caulerpales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chlorophyta : Bryopsidophyceae : Caulerpales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Caulerpales | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 8 (19%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | lagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Chlorophyta) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Chlorophyta) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photoautotroph (based on Chlorophyta) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. Senowbari-Daryan and V. Zamparelli. 2005. Triassic hamimedaceans: new genera and species from the Alps, Sicily and southern Apennines. Revista Espanola de Micropaleontologia 37(1):141-169 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | イワヅタ |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Caulerpaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Halimedaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 395 | 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Carpathocodium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Palaeosiphonium genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Cladocephalus scoparius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1922 | Caulerpales Schaffner |
| 2004 | Caulerpales Waggoner and Hagadorn p. 70 |
| 2005 | Caulerpales Senowbari-Daryan and Zamparelli |
| 2008 | Caulerpales Taylor et al. p. 1027 |
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!
