Ellerbeckia cretacea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paraliales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: Sar
Infraregnum: Heterokonta
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Subphylum: Bacillariophytina
Classis: Bacillariophyceae
Subclassis: Coscinodiscophycidae
Superordo: Coscinodiscanae
Ordo: Paraliales

Familia: Paraliaceae
Genus: Ellerbeckia
Species: †Ellerbeckia cretacea

Name

Ellerbeckia cretacea (Jousé) P.A.Sims & Crawford, 2017

Basionym: Melosira cretacea Jousé, 1951

Note: When citing the basionym, Sims & Crawford (2017) wrote p.41 of Jousé (1951). However, the new species is described on p.44.


References

Primary references

  • Jousé, A.P. 1951. Diatomeae et Silicoflagellatae aetatis Cretae Superne e Montibus Uralensibus Septentrionalibus [Upper Cretaceous diatoms and silicoflagellates from the Northern Urals]. Botaniceskie materialy otdela sporovyh rastenij Botanicheskogo instituta imeni V.L. Komarova, Akademii Nauk S.S.S.R. Notulae systematicae e sectione cryptogamica instituti botanici nomine V.L. Komarovi academiae scientiarum URSS 7: 42-65. Reference page. 
  • Sims, P.A. & Crawford, R.M. 2017. Earliest records of Ellerbeckia and Paralia from Cretaceous deposits: a description of three species, two of which are new. Diatom Research 32(1): 1–9. Reference page.