Diplopora

Diplopora Temporal range: Silurian – Jurassic 426.2–155.7  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Diplopora annulata from Triassic of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Ulvophyceae
Order:	Dasycladales
Family:	† Diploporaceae
Genus:	† Diplopora K.E. Schafhäutl, 1863

Diplopora is an extinct genus of marine dasycladacean algae in the family Diploporaceae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Silurian to the Jurassic (from about 426.2 to 155.7 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Europe, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Iraq, and the United States. ^[5]

Species

Species within this genus include: ^[5]

• † Diplopora oregonensis E. Flügel et al.
• † Diplopora permica Korde 1965
• † Diplopora annulata Schafhäutl ^[6]

References

1. GBIF
2. Orr, Elizabeth L.; Orr, William N. (2009). Oregon fossils (2nd ed.). Corvallis: Oregon State University Press. pp. 7–8. ISBN   9780870715730.
3. "The University of Montana Paleontology Center" . Retrieved 23 November 2014.
4. Erik Flügel; Baba Senowbari-Daryan; George D. Stanley, Jr. (1989). "Late Triassic dasycladacean alga from northeastern Oregon: significance of first reported occurrence in western North America". Journal of Paleontology . 63 (3): 374–381. doi:10.1017/S0022336000019545. JSTOR   1305509. S2CID   130316730.
5. Paleobiology Database
6. M Herak - 1957 Some Problems in the Dasyclad Genus Diplopora