Diplopora

Extinct genus of algae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Diplopora is an extinct genus of marine dasycladacean algae in the family Diploporaceae.[1][2][3][4]

Division:Chlorophyta
Class:Ulvophyceae
Order:Dasycladales
Family:†Diploporaceae
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Diplopora
Temporal range: Silurian – Jurassic 426.2–155.7 Ma
Fossil of Diplopora annulata from Triassic of Italy
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Dasycladales
Family: †Diploporaceae
Genus: †Diplopora
K.E. Schafhäutl, 1863
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Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Silurian to the Jurassic (from about 426.2 to 155.7 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Europe, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Iraq, and the United States.[5]

Species

Species within this genus include:[5]

References

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