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Porocharaceae

Charales - Porocharaceae

Taxonomy
Porocharaceae was named by Grambast (1962). It is extant.

It was assigned to Charales by Uliana and Musacchio (1978).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Porocharaceae Grambast
1978Porocharaceae Uliana and Musacchio pp. 126-127

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
RankNameAuthor
phylumCharophytaMigula 1890
orderCharalesLindley 1836
familyPorocharaceaeGrambast 1962
familyPorocharaceaeGrambast 1962

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.

Fm. Porocharaceae Grambast 1962
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G. †Porochara Maedler 1955
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Porochara gildemeisteri Koch and Blisenbaeh 1960
Porochara kimmeridgensis Maedler 1953
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Carnian to the top of the Ypresian or 237.00000 to 47.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 208.5 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Poland (Opole) Porochara triassica (61448)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Portugal (Leiria) Porochara sp. (69698)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Leiria) Porochara raskyae, Porochara westerbeckensis (24563)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Centro) Porochara sp. (69708)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8France (Poitou-Charentes) Porochara sp. (142093)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Portugal Porochara sp. (73354)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Coahuila) Porochara gildermesti (154244)
Middle Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Peru (Amazonas) Porochara costata (51672 52839)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Utah) Porochara sp. (13294)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Peru (Puno) Porochara gildermeisteri, Porochara sp. (28230)