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Margaretia chamblessi

Bryopsidophyceae - Caulerpales - Caulerpaceae

Taxonomy
Margaretia chamblessi was named by Waggoner and Hagadorn (2004). Its type specimen is LACM 12855 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is LACM 17194, which is in a Dyeran marine siltstone/quartzite in the Latham Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Margaretia chamblessi Waggoner and Hagadorn p. 70 figs. 3a-h

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classBryopsidophyceaeRound 1963
orderCaulerpalesSchaffner 1922
familyCaulerpaceaeKützing 1843
genusMargaretiaWalcott 1931
specieschamblessi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Margaretia chamblessi Waggoner and Hagadorn 2004
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. M. Waggoner and J. W. Hagadorn 2004Cylindrical stipes or thalli with few branches, small, sparse papillae, and distinctive fine longitudinal striae, normally near-parallel but occasionally forming branches and rosette-like structures.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2009-10-08 23:19:01
Modified: 2009-10-09 01:19:01
Source: g = genus, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (California) Margaretia chamblessi (type locality: 192227)