Melosira cretacea Jousé 1951
Publication Details
Melosira cretacea Jousé 1951: 44, pl. 1, figs 1, 3, 6
Published in: Jousé, A.P. (1951). Diatomeae et silicoflagellatae aetatis cretae superne montibus uralensibus septentrionalibus. Akad. Nauk USSR, Bot. Inst., Bot. Mater., Otdel sporovykh Rastenii 7: 42-65, Fig. 1-2, Pl. 1-6.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melosira is Melosira nummuloides C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ellerbeckia cretacea (Jousé) P.A.Sims & R.M.Crawford.
Type Information
Type locality: Russia: S. Urals: River Sinja (cretaceous); (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: Synya River in the Polar Urals in mudstones of the Lower Campanian, Upper Cretaceous (Sims & Crawford, 2017).
Fossil
Described as a fossil.
Description
see Sims & Crawford, 2017: 3.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 December 2017
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
