Biology:Solenopora
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Stem group: | Corallinales |
| Family: | †Solenoporaceae Pia, 1927 [2] |
| Genus: | †Solenopora Dybowski, 1877 |
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The extinct Solenoporaceae have traditionally been interpreted as a group of red algae ancestral to the Corallinales.[4]
The genus from which they take their name, Solenopora, originates in the Ordovician.[5] Unlike the Corallinaceae, this family has large vegetative cells and an undifferentiated thallus.[5] Additionally there are external, non-calcified sporangia.[6]
The differences in structure suggest that the holotype is not an alga at all, but rather is a chaetetid sponge. Post-Palaeozoic specimens therefore require re-classification.[7] However, some algal taxa are still classified within the genus.[8]
Some specimens of algal Solenopora retain an original pink colouration, which is banded with growth stages of the fossil; this is produced by boron-containing hydrocarbons.[8]
The solenoporaceae mineralized with calcite.[9]
Other genera within the Solenoporaceae
Although the following other genera have been included in this family, their status is uncertain due to the loose definition of the family.[3][7]
- Dendronella Moussavian and Senowbari-Daryan 1988
- Elianella
- Marinella Pfender 1939
- Metasolenopora Pia 1930
- Parachaetetes Deninger 1906
- Pycnoporidium Yabe and Toyama 1928
- Solenoporella Rothpletz
- Tauristorea Senowbari-Daryan and Link 2005
See also
References
- ↑ Wright, V. P. (1 May 1985). "Seasonal Banding in the Alga Solenopora jurassica from the Middle Jurassic of Gloucestershire, England". Journal of Paleontology 59 (3): 485–792. ISSN 0022-3360. Bibcode: 1974JPal...48..524M.
- ↑ Max Hirmer; Julius Pia et al , 1927 Handbuch der Paläobotanik München : Verlag von R. Oldenbourg
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Paleobiology Database
- ↑ Johnson, J. H. (May 1956). "Ancestry of the Coralline Algae". Journal of Paleontology 30 (3): 563–567. ISSN 0022-3360.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Blackwell, W. H.; Marak, J. H.; Powell, M. J. (1982). "The Identity and Reproductive Structures of a Misplaced Solenopora (Rhodophycophyta) from the Ordovician of Southwestern Ohio and Eastern Indiana1". Journal of Phycology 18 (4): 477–482. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3646.1982.00477.x.
- ↑ Lee, R. E. (1999). Phycology. Cambridge University Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-521-63883-8. https://archive.org/details/phycology00robe. "Solenoporaceae."
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Riding, R. (2004). "Solenopora is a Chaetetid Sponge, Not an Alga". Palaeontology 47: 117–122. doi:10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00351.x.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Wolkenstein, K.; Gross, J. H.; Falk, H. (2010). "Boron-containing organic pigments from a Jurassic red alga". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (45): 19374–19378. doi:10.1073/pnas.1007973107. PMID 20974956. Bibcode: 2010PNAS..10719374W.
- ↑ Cozar, P.; Vachard, D. (2006). "A new Mississippian red alga from south-western Spain". Geobios 39 (6): 791. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.09.002.
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