Trochiliscaceae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
(unranked): | Charophyta |
Class: | Charophyceae |
Order: | † Trochiliscales |
Family: | † Trochiliscaceae |
Genera | |
See text. |
Trochiliscaceae is a family of fossil charophyte green algae. [1] It is the only member of the order Trochiliscales. [2] The reproductive structures in Trochiliscaceae (and families placed in Sycidiales by AlgaeBase) have a calcified cover, called a utricle, that is thought to prevent the zygote being desiccated. Other Paleozoic families lack this cover, as do modern charophytes. Fossils of Trochiliscaceae are from the Devonian. [3]
As of February 2022 [update], AlgaeBase accepted the following genera. [1]
Trochiliscaceae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
(unranked): | Charophyta |
Class: | Charophyceae |
Order: | † Trochiliscales |
Family: | † Trochiliscaceae |
Genera | |
See text. |
Trochiliscaceae is a family of fossil charophyte green algae. [1] It is the only member of the order Trochiliscales. [2] The reproductive structures in Trochiliscaceae (and families placed in Sycidiales by AlgaeBase) have a calcified cover, called a utricle, that is thought to prevent the zygote being desiccated. Other Paleozoic families lack this cover, as do modern charophytes. Fossils of Trochiliscaceae are from the Devonian. [3]
As of February 2022 [update], AlgaeBase accepted the following genera. [1]