Ortonella Garwood, 1914
Holotype species: Ortonella furcata Garwood
Publication details: Garwood, 1914: 265
Original publication and holotype designation: Garwood, E.J. (1914). Some new Rock-building Organisms from the Lower Carboniferous Beds of Westmorland. Geological Magazine 1(6): 265-271, plates 20-21.
Request PDFFossil: 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 2024-08-26 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 feminine.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kirkham, A. (2005). Thrombolitic-Ortonella reefs and their bacterial diagenesis, Upper Visean Clifton Down Limestone, Bristol area, SW England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 116(3-4): 221-234, 18 figures, 1 table.
Nomenclatural note
Named for village of Orton (INA). - (21 February 2022) - G.M. Guiry
Taxonomic note
Garwoodiaceae (Dubatolov, 1987). - (21 February 2022) - G.M. Guiry
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 August 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 June 2025
