Porocystis Cragin

Porocystis globularis

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Chlorophyta
Subphylum: Chlorophytina
Classis: Ulvophyceae
Ordo: Dasycladales
Familia: incertae sedis
Genus: †Porocystis
Species: P. globularis – P. pruniformis

Name

Porocystis Cragin, 1892.

Notes

Described originally as an invertebrate fossil belonging to the Bryozoa, but now considered an algal structure.

Homonyms

• • Porocystis Radlk., 1878.

References

• Cragin, F. W. (1892) "A Contribution to the Invertebrate Paleontology of the Texas Cretaceous." Fourth Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas: 139-293.