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Article: The interrelationships of some Cretaceous Codiaceae (calcareous algae)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 8
Part: 2
Publication Date: July 1965
Page(s): 199 203
Author(s): Graham F. Elliott
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ELLIOTT, G. F. 1965. The interrelationships of some Cretaceous Codiaceae (calcareous algae). Palaeontology8, 2, 199–203.

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Abstract

The anatomy and evolution of fossil codiacean calcareous algae referred to Arabicodium and Boueina (Jurassic-Cretaceous) and Halimeda (Upper Cretaceous-Recent) are discussed. It is considered that all are referable to one botanical genus Halimeda; differentiation of the earlier species-groups (Boueina and Arabicodium) was followed by hybridization and selection in the Upper Cretaceous, leading to Halimeda s.str., a group of species of more vigorous growth and showing a combination of characters from the older species-groups.
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