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	Rhabdochara
          
            Classification
            
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                Unknown              
            
            
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                Characeae              
            
            
                  Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
              
                Rhabdochara Mädler, 1955, p. 299, emend., GRAMBAST, 1957, p. 357              
            
            
                  Type Species:  
              
                Chara langeri ETTINGSHAUSEN, 1872, p. 162, pl. 1, 2-3, OD              
              
            
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                  Fig. 73,2a-d. *R. langeri (Ettingshausen) Mädler, lower Miocene, a, lateral view, Slovenia, x40 (adapted from Ettingshausen, 1872, pl. I, 3), b, lateral view, France, x47 (Feist & Ringeade, 1977, pl. 23,9), c, basal view, France, C.536-9, d, apical view, France, C.536-8, ×40 (new).——Fig. 73,2e. R. stockmansi Grambast, lower Oligocene, France, lateral view, x50 (Grambast, 1957, text-fig. 6).-_ Fig. 73,2f. R. praelangeri CAStel, upper Oligocene, France, longitudinal section, basal part, x50 (Castel, 1967, pl. XX, 11).                
            
            
            Synonyms
            
              
                              
            
            
            Geographic Distribution
            
              
                Europe (widespread), China              
              
            
            Age Range
            
                  Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
              
                Paleogene (?lower Eocene, upper Eocene)              
            
            
                  Beginning International Stage:  
              
                Ypresian              
            
            
                  Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
              
                0              
            
            
                  Beginning Date:  
              
                56              
            
            
                  Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
              
                Neogene (Miocene)              
            
            
                  Ending International Stage:  
              
                Messinian              
            
            
                  Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
              
                0              
            
            
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                5.34              
              
            
            Description
            
              
                Apex psilocharoid, apical zone thin but convex, weakly marked apical nodules rarely present, general shape subprolate to ellipsoidal with summit truncated and base somewhat tapered, spirals generally concave, smooth or with transverse rods, basal plate conical and hollow, size variable.  [iffers from Stephanochara and Lychnothamnus in lacking periapical depression and having strongly developed nodules, hollow basal plate, and ornamentation consisting of rods instead of tubercles.]              
              
            
            
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Classification
                  Phylum:  
              
            
            
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                Unknown              
            
                  Family:  
              
            
                Characeae              
            
                  Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
              
            
                Rhabdochara Mädler, 1955, p. 299, emend., GRAMBAST, 1957, p. 357              
            
                  Type Species:  
              
            
            
                Chara langeri ETTINGSHAUSEN, 1872, p. 162, pl. 1, 2-3, OD              
              Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
                  Fig. 73,2a-d. *R. langeri (Ettingshausen) Mädler, lower Miocene, a, lateral view, Slovenia, x40 (adapted from Ettingshausen, 1872, pl. I, 3), b, lateral view, France, x47 (Feist & Ringeade, 1977, pl. 23,9), c, basal view, France, C.536-9, d, apical view, France, C.536-8, ×40 (new).——Fig. 73,2e. R. stockmansi Grambast, lower Oligocene, France, lateral view, x50 (Grambast, 1957, text-fig. 6).-_ Fig. 73,2f. R. praelangeri CAStel, upper Oligocene, France, longitudinal section, basal part, x50 (Castel, 1967, pl. XX, 11).                
            Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
                Europe (widespread), China              
              Age Range
                  Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
              
            
                Paleogene (?lower Eocene, upper Eocene)              
            
                  Beginning International Stage:  
              
            
                Ypresian              
            
                  Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
              
            
                0              
            
                  Beginning Date:  
              
            
                56              
            
                  Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
              
            
                Neogene (Miocene)              
            
                  Ending International Stage:  
              
            
                Messinian              
            
                  Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
              
            
                0              
            
                  Ending Date:  
              
            
            
                5.34              
              Description
                Apex psilocharoid, apical zone thin but convex, weakly marked apical nodules rarely present, general shape subprolate to ellipsoidal with summit truncated and base somewhat tapered, spirals generally concave, smooth or with transverse rods, basal plate conical and hollow, size variable.  [iffers from Stephanochara and Lychnothamnus in lacking periapical depression and having strongly developed nodules, hollow basal plate, and ornamentation consisting of rods instead of tubercles.]              
              