Osagia Twenhofel, 1919
Holotype species: Osagia incrustata Twenhofel
Publication details: Twenhofel, 1919: 351
Original publication and holotype designation: Twenhofel, W.H. (1919). Pre-Cambrian and Carboniferous algal deposits. American Journal of Science 48(287): 339-352, 5 figures.
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 2023-05-16 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: Raaben, M.E. & Zabrodin, V.E. (1972). Vodoroslevaya problematika verkhnego rifeya (stromatolity, onkolity) [Algal problematica of the Upper Riphean (stromatolites, oncolites)]. Trudy Geologicheskogo Instituta Akademii nauk SSSR 217: 1-174, 16 figures, 16 tables, 44 plates. [in Russian]
Taxonomic note
Osagia and other similar genera represent calcareous deposits of diverse origin (Girvanella and the foraminifera Nubecularia) over a nucleus of organic debris. - (12 July 2021) - E.A. Molinari Novoa
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 May 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 May 2025
