Gyroporella

Gyroporella
Temporal range: Permian – Triassic
Fossil Gyroporella from Triassic of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Dasycladales
Family: Dasycladaceae (?)
Genus:
Gümbel 1872

Gyroporella is an extinct genus of green algae, placed either in the family Dasycladaceae[1] or the family Triploporellaceae.[2]

Fossil record

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Permian to the Triassic (from about 272.5 to 205.6 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Europe, Iran, Afghanistan, China, Malaysia and Tunisia.[2]

References

  1. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Gyroporella". AlgaeBase. University of Galway. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  2. ^ a b Paleobiology Database


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