Alternative spelling: Marchantites (Fucoides)
Parent taxon: Algae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Algacites, Archidesmus loganensis, Bartenia, Botryococcaceae, Cancellophycus, Characeales, Collenia, Confervites, Conophyton, Cryptozoon, Delesseria, Dendrophycus, Dictyophycus, Elainabella, Gilbertina, Gyrodendron, Halymenites, Jurusania, Loperia, Myelophycus, Palaeodictyon, Petrophyton, Retiphycus, Zygnemataceae
Subtaxa: Fucoides connecticutensis Fucoides orbignianus Fucoides serra Fucoides shepardi Fucoides venosus
Type: Fucoides orbignianus
Distribution:
• Triassic of France (5 collections)
• Yapeenian of New Zealand (10)
• Arenig of Canada (1: Yukon)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), China (1), New Zealand (2)
• Ibexian of United States (1: California)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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