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Wangichara
Classification
Phylum:
Charophyta
Class:
Charophyceae
Order:
Charales
Superfamily:
Unknown
Family:
Characeae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Wangichara Liu & WU, 1985, p. 144
Type Species:
W. tanshanensis Liu & WU, 1985, p. 144, pl. 2, 1-4, OD, holotype, BIG0225, pl. 2, 1a-c
Images
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Fig. 77,1a-e. *W. tanshanensis Liu & Wu, a, holotype, apical view, b, lateral view, c, basal view, d, apical view, e, basal view, × 80 (Liu & Wu, 1985, pl. 2,1-4).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Lower Cretaceous: China
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
Apex lamprothamnoid, with apical rosette in well-marked depression bearing slightly convex nodules in center, General shape of gyrogonite ovoid with truncated summit and tapering base, Spirals smooth, flat to convex, Basal plate nearly as wide as thick. [Differs from Aclistochara mainly by the presence of distinct apical nodules and from Stephanochara in its smaller size and apex not projecting above the general surface.]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Charophyta
Class:
Charophyceae
Order:
Charales
Superfamily:
Unknown
Family:
Characeae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Wangichara Liu & WU, 1985, p. 144
Type Species:
W. tanshanensis Liu & WU, 1985, p. 144, pl. 2, 1-4, OD, holotype, BIG0225, pl. 2, 1a-c
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 77,1a-e. *W. tanshanensis Liu & Wu, a, holotype, apical view, b, lateral view, c, basal view, d, apical view, e, basal view, × 80 (Liu & Wu, 1985, pl. 2,1-4).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Lower Cretaceous: China
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
Apex lamprothamnoid, with apical rosette in well-marked depression bearing slightly convex nodules in center, General shape of gyrogonite ovoid with truncated summit and tapering base, Spirals smooth, flat to convex, Basal plate nearly as wide as thick. [Differs from Aclistochara mainly by the presence of distinct apical nodules and from Stephanochara in its smaller size and apex not projecting above the general surface.]