Biology:Gymnocodiaceae

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Short description: Extinct family of algae

Gymnocodiaceae
Temporal range: Permian–Cretaceous
Scientific classification e
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: incertae sedis
Family: Gymnocodiaceae
G. F. Elliott, 1955

This family of alga is known from Permian to Cretaceous strata.[1] It has been aligned with the chlorophytes and rhodophytes;[1][2] whilst the latter is the most widely held opinion, some authors still consider a green algal affinity possible.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Dixon, Peter S. (1977). Biology of the Rhodophyta (Reprint. ed.). Koenigstein: Koeltz. ISBN 0-05-002485-X. https://books.google.com/books?id=JHomAQAAMAAJ&q. Retrieved 22 October 2016. 
  2. Elliott, G. F. (1955). "The Permian Calcareous Alga Gymnocodium". Micropaleontology 1 (1): 83–90. doi:10.2307/1484413. 
  3. Radoičić Rajka (2004). "Permocalculus nikolapantici n. sp. (Udoteaceae ?) from the Upper Turonian of the NW Serbia". Bulletin: Classe des Sciences Mathématiques et Natturalles - Sciences Natturalles 128 (42): 237–257. http://scindeks.nb.rs/article.aspx?artid=0352-57400442237R. 

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