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Flabellochara

Classification

    Phylum:  
Charophyta
    Class:  
Charophyceae
    Order:  
Charales
    Superfamily:  
Unknown
    Family:  
Clavatoraceae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Flabellochara GRAMBAST, 1959a, p. 559
    Type Species:  
*Clavator harrisi РЕСК, 1941, p. 292, pl. 42, 28-34, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 56,3a-b. *F. harrisi (Реск) Grambast, Aptian, North America, a, topotype, lateral view, x40 (Peck, 1957, pl. 2,9), b, topotype, lateral view, C.1240-1, x45 (new), Fig. 56,3c. F. grovesi (Harris) Grambast, Berriasian, United Kingdom, lateral view, C.1219-1, ×45 (new)


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Geographic Distribution

USA, Argentina, Bulgaria, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, China, Uzbekistan


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Cretaceous
    Beginning International Stage:  
Berriasian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
143.1
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Cretaceous
    Ending International Stage:  
Albian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
0
    Ending Date:  
100.5


Description

Utricle bilaterally symmetrical with 2 opposite fans originating from a basal vertical unit. Fans each composed of 7 to 11 radiating cells. On adaxial side, single elongated cell intercalated between 2 fans.




References



Museum or Author Information

Peck, 1957