Briggera

{{Short description|Extinct genus of single-celled organisms}}

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| fossil_range = upper Cretaceous-Lower Miocene, {{Fossil range|100|15.97}}

| taxon = Briggera

| authority = R. Ross & P.A. Sims, 1985

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Briggera is a genus of diatom known from the fossil record.{{cite book|last=Round|first=F.E.E.|author2=D. G. Mann|author3=R. M. Crawford|title=Diatoms: Biology and Morphology of the Genera|year=1990|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-36318-1}}

Species

  • Briggera affixa (R.Ross) R.Ross & P.A.Sims, 1985
  • Briggera capitata (R.K.Greville) R.Ross & P.A.Sims, 1985

References

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  • {{Cite web|last=Guiry|first=M.D.|last2=Guiry|first2=G.M.|year=2008|title=Briggera|work=AlgaeBase|publisher=World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway|url=http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=46628|accessdate= 2009-02-21}}

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Category:Fossil algae

Category:Early Cretaceous genus first appearances

Category:Miocene genus extinctions

Category:Diatoms

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