Jaffrezocodium Granier, 2018

Holotype species: Jaffrezocodium bipennatum Granier

Publication details: Granier, 2018: 212

Original publication and holotype designation: Granier, B. (2018). A new and unique bodyplan in fossil Bryopsidales, with description of Jaffrezocodium bipennatus n. gen., n. sp., an (?) Albian-Cenomanian calcareous green alga. Cretaceous Research 85: 207-213, 5 figures.

Fossil: This is a genus of fossil species, or a genus with a fossil type species, or a genus the type species of which was originally described as a fossil.

The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2022-05-29 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as neuter.

Nomenclatural note
"The new genus is named after the late Michel Jaffrezo, thanks to the early encouragements of whom I have become increasingly interested in palaeophycology over the past thirty years, and the Greek word kôdion [codium] for fleece." (Granier 2018: 212). - (23 February 2018) - M.D. Guiry

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 May 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 June 2025