Electrophycus astroplethus Poinar et Alex Br.

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003634

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:3634

Authors: G. O. Poinar & A. E. Brown

Rank: species

Genus:

Reference for this name: Poinar, G. O. & Brown, A. E. (2021): A green algae (Chaetophorales: Chaetophoraceae) in Burmese amber. – Historical Biology 33(3): 323–327.

Page of description: 324

Illustrations or figures: Figures 1–11

Types

Original diagnosis/description

Same as the genus:
Filaments with apical–basal polarity defined by a holdfast located at the base of the thallus. Cells of filaments are cylindrical and sub-equal. Numerous stellate clusters of spines representing modified branches are connected to the filaments. Reproductive units develop from cell layers inside the spines.

Etymology

Specific epithet is from the Greek ‘astroplethes’ = full of stars.

Stratigraphy

Cretaceous, Upper Cretaceous, Cenomanian
Earliest Cenomanian, 98.79 Ma ± 0.62 (ca. 99) Ma.

Locality

Myanmar/Burma
Hukawng Valley southwest of Maingkhwan in Kachin State (26°20′ N, 96°36′ E), Myanmar.