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Tectochara
Classification
Phylum:
Charophyta
Class:
Charophyceae
Order:
Charales
Superfamily:
Unknown
Family:
Characeae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Nitellopsis (Tectochara) (L. & N. GRAMBAST, 1954, p. 668) GRAMBAST & SOULIÉ-MÄRSCHE, 1972, p. 3
Type Species:
Chara meriani BRAUN, unpublished ms, ex
UNGER, 1850, p. 34; OD; =Chara meriani
BRAUN ex HEER,1855, p. 24, pl. IV,3
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FIG. 72,4a–e. *N. (T.) meriani (BRAUN ex UNGER) GRAMBAST & SOULIÉ-MÄRSCHE, Oligocene, Belmont, Switzerland, topotypes; a, holoneotype, designated herein, lateral view, C.1226-1, ×30 (new); b, apical view, ×30; c, basal view, ×30; d, longitudinal section of basal part of gyrogonite, ×120 (Castel, 1967, pl. XIX,3,4,14); e, basal plate, ×915 (Grambast, 1956b, text-fig. 3).——FIG. 72,4f. N. (T.) morulosa (FEIST-CASTEL) FEIST & GRAMBAST-FESSARD, middle Eocene, France; lateral view (Feist-Castel, 1972, pl. I,5).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Mexico, Peru, Europe (widespread), China, India, Algeria, Senegal
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Paleogene (Paleocene)
Beginning International Stage:
Danian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
66.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Neogene (Pliocene)
Ending International Stage:
Piacenzian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
2.58
Description
General shape subprolate, with contracted
base and basal funnel well marked but not protruding.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Charophyta
Class:
Charophyceae
Order:
Charales
Superfamily:
Unknown
Family:
Characeae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Nitellopsis (Tectochara) (L. & N. GRAMBAST, 1954, p. 668) GRAMBAST & SOULIÉ-MÄRSCHE, 1972, p. 3
Type Species:
Chara meriani BRAUN, unpublished ms, ex
UNGER, 1850, p. 34; OD; =Chara meriani
BRAUN ex HEER,1855, p. 24, pl. IV,3
Images
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FIG. 72,4a–e. *N. (T.) meriani (BRAUN ex UNGER) GRAMBAST & SOULIÉ-MÄRSCHE, Oligocene, Belmont, Switzerland, topotypes; a, holoneotype, designated herein, lateral view, C.1226-1, ×30 (new); b, apical view, ×30; c, basal view, ×30; d, longitudinal section of basal part of gyrogonite, ×120 (Castel, 1967, pl. XIX,3,4,14); e, basal plate, ×915 (Grambast, 1956b, text-fig. 3).——FIG. 72,4f. N. (T.) morulosa (FEIST-CASTEL) FEIST & GRAMBAST-FESSARD, middle Eocene, France; lateral view (Feist-Castel, 1972, pl. I,5).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Mexico, Peru, Europe (widespread), China, India, Algeria, Senegal
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Paleogene (Paleocene)
Beginning International Stage:
Danian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
66.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Neogene (Pliocene)
Ending International Stage:
Piacenzian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
2.58
Description
General shape subprolate, with contracted
base and basal funnel well marked but not protruding.