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Bangiomorpha
Genus Bangiomorpha N.J. Butterf. Paleobiology, 26(3): 388. Sep 2000
- Name
- Bangiomorpha
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Butterfield N. J.
- Publication
- Bangiomorpha pubescens n. gen., n. sp.: implications for the evolution of sex, multicellularity, and the Mesoproterozoic/Neoproterozoic radiation of eukaryotes [2000/9]
- Journal
- Paleobiology
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 388
- Year
- 2000
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Bangiaceae
- Fossil Status
- thallus (filamentous)
- Type
- Bangiomorpha pubescens
- Diagnosis
- Unbranched, vertically oriented filamentous bangiaceans with a basal multicellular holdfast structure. Individual cells defined by thin, relatively dark walls; whole plant enclosed in a thick translucent layer. Filaments uniseriate, multiseriate, or a combination of the two; positioning of cells in multiseriate portions reflects their derivation from uniserial precursors. Uniseriate filaments constructed of stacked disk-shaped cells, paired hierarchically into groups of two, four, and occasionally eight cells. Multiseriate portions of filaments generally constructed of four to eight radially oriented wedge-shaped cells; alternatively, of relatively few isolated spheroidal cells, or many close-packed spheroidal cells.
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