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Caulerpa-like marine alga from Permian strata, Palo Duro Basin, West Texas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Thomas C. Gustavson  and
T. Delevoryas
Thomas C. Gustavson
Affiliation:
Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin 78713
T. Delevoryas
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin 78713
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A fossil counterpart to ths extant marine noncalcareous green algal genus Caulerpa was recovered from Permian (Wolfcampian) marine sediments of the Palo Duro Basin, a part of the larger Permian Basin, West Texas. These fossil algal remains were recognized in core from the Department of Energy/Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation No. 1 Zeech well (Figure 1). The fossil form is described and compared to a morphologically similar extant species of Caulerpa. The geologic setting of the Palo Duro Basin is also briefly described as is the environment in which the modern algal genus Caulerpa lives.

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Paleontological Notes
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 66 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 160 - 161
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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