Gyroporella

Gyroporella is an extinct genus of green algae in the family Triploporellaceae.

Gyroporella
Temporal range: Permian – Triassic 272.5–205.6 Ma
Fossil Gyroporella from Triassic of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Phylum:
Chlorophyta
Class:
Ulvophyceae
Order:
Dasycladales
Family:
Triploporellaceae
Genus:
†Gyroporella

Gümbel 1872

Fossil record

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Permian to the Triassic (from about 272.5 to 205.6 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Europe, Iran, Afghanistan, China, Malaysia and Tunisia.[1]

References
  1. Paleobiology Database


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