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IRMNG taxon details

Charnia Ford, 1958 †

1011943  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1011943)

accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Proc. Yorks. Geol. Soc. 31
page(s): 212 [details]   
Taxonomic remark Originally interpreted as a macrophytic alga (Ford, 1958), subsequently regarded as a pennatulacean cnidarian, however this...  
Taxonomic remark Originally interpreted as a macrophytic alga (Ford, 1958), subsequently regarded as a pennatulacean cnidarian, however this interpretation has been rejected by recent workers e.g. Antcliffe & Brasier, 2007. [details]
IRMNG (2021). Charnia Ford, 1958 †. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1011943 on 2024-04-19
Date
action
by
2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
created
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
2017-10-22 06:56:54Z
changed

original description Proc. Yorks. Geol. Soc. 31
page(s): 212 [details]   

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx .  [details]   

basis of record Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version). , available online at https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/ing/ [details]   

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]   

additional source Antcliffe, J. B.; Brasier, M. D. (2007). Charnia and sea pens are poles apart. <em>Journal of the Geological Society.</em> 164(1): 49-51., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/0016-76492006-080 [details]   

additional source Laflamme, M.; Narbonne, G. M.; Greentree, C.; Anderson, M. M. (2007). Morphology and taphonomy of an Ediacaran frond: Charnia from the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland. Pp. 237–257 in Vickers-Rich, P. & Komarower, P. (eds): The Rise and Fall of the Ediacaran Biota. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 286. , available online at ftp://geoladm.geol.queensu.ca/pub/narbonne/Narbonne%20Mistaken%20Point%20reprints/Laflamme%20Narbonne%20Greentree%20Anderson_Geol%20Soc%20Lond%20Sp%20Pub_2007.pdf [details]   

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]   

current name source Retallack, G. J. (2016). Ediacaran fossils in thin-section. <em>Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology.</em> 40(4): 583-600., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2016.1159412 [details]   

extant flag source extinct group [details]   

habitat flag source as per family [details]   
From other sources
Descriptive info Precambrian; England (Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire). (Index Nominum Genericorum) [details]

Taxonomic remark Originally interpreted as a macrophytic alga (Ford, 1958), subsequently regarded as a pennatulacean cnidarian, however this interpretation has been rejected by recent workers e.g. Antcliffe & Brasier, 2007. [details]

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