Brazilea

Brazilea
Temporal range: Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Archaeplastida
Clade: Viridiplantae
Class: Zygnematophyceae
Order: Zygnematales
Family: Zygnemataceae
Genus: †Brazilea
R.S.Tiwari & Navale
Species
  • Brazilea crassa Tiwari & Navale, 1967
  • Brazilea helbyi Foster, 1979
  • Brazilea parva (Cookson & Dettmann, 1959) Backhouse, 1988
  • Brazilea plurigena (Balme & Hennelly, 1956) Foster, 1979
  • Brazilea punctata Tiwari & Navale, 1967
  • Brazilea scissa

Brazilea is an extinct genus of algae. The species Brazilea helby and Brazilea scissa were located in outcrop Morro do Papaléo in the town of Mariana Pimentel, the geopark Paleorrota. The outcrop (Itararé Subgroup) dates to the Sakmarian of the Permian.

References

  1. ↑ Smaniotto, Larissa P.; Fischer, Tiago V.; Souza, Paulo A.; Iannuzzi, Roberto (September–December 2006). "Palinologia do Morro do Papalléo, Mariana Pimentel (Permiano Inferior, Bacia do Paraná), Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil". Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia. 9 (3): 311–322. doi:10.4072/rbp.2006.3.06. hdl:10183/26208.