Welcome to the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology!
Please enter a genera name to retrieve more information.

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
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
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)
Synonyms
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
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
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
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)
Synonyms
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.