Trochiliscaceae
Extinct family of algae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trochiliscaceae is a family of fossil charophyte green algae.[1] It is the only member of the order Trochiliscales.[2] The reproductive structures in Trochiliscaceae (and families placed in Sycidiales by AlgaeBase) have a calcified cover, called a utricle, that is thought to prevent the zygote being desiccated. Other Paleozoic families lack this cover, as do modern charophytes. Fossils of Trochiliscaceae are from the Devonian.[3]
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Trochiliscaceae | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
(unranked): | Charophyta |
Class: | Charophyceae |
Order: | †Trochiliscales |
Family: | †Trochiliscaceae |
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