Fucoides antiqua Brongniart 1828

Publication Details
Fucoides antiqua Brongniart 1828: 63, pl. 4: fig. 1

Published in: Brongniart, A. (1828-1838). Histoire des végétaux fossiles ou recherches botaniques et géologiques sur les végétaux renfermés dans les divers couches du globe. Vol. 1-2 pp. xii, 488, (vol. 1); 11 (prospect.); iv, 72 (vol. 2), 199 plates. Paris: G. Dufour et Ed. D'Ocagne & Crochard et comp,ie.

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Publication date: 17 March 1828-December 1838

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Fucoides is Fucoides stricta C.Agardh ex Brongniart.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chondrites antiquus (Brongniart) Sternberg.

Source of Synonymy
Sternberg, K.M. (1833). Versuch einer geognostisch-botanischen Darstellung der Flora der Vorwelt. Vol. 2(5-8) pp. [vi], 221, 72 plates. Prague, Leipzig & Regensburg: Commission im Deutschen Museum, Fr. Fleischer, Ernst Brenck's Wittwe.

Fossil
Described as a fossil.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 July 2024

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Taxonomic note
Originally published as an alga, actually an ichnofossil. - (28 July 2024) - E.A. Molinari Novoa

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 July 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 July 2025