Cheleutochroa

Cheleutochroa is an extinct genus of acritarchs from the Ordovician.

Cheleutochroa
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: incertae sedis
(unranked): †Acritarcha
Genus: †Cheleutochroa
Alfred R. Loeblich Jr and Helen Tappan, 1978[1]
Species
  • Cheleutochroa beechenbankensis Richards & Mullins, 2003
  • Cheleutochroa diaphorosa Turner, 1984
  • Cheleutochroa differta Uutela & Tynni, 1991
  • Cheleutochroa elegans Uutela & Tynni, 1991
  • Cheleutochroa gymnobrachiata Loeblich & Tappan, 1978
  • Cheleutochroa homoia Turner, 1984
  • Cheleutochroa meionia Turner, 1984
  • Cheleutochroa oculata Uutela & Tynni, 1991
  • Cheleutochroa ramosa Uutela & Tynni, 1991
  • Cheleutochroa rugosa Uutela & Tynni, 1991
  • Cheleutochroa tuberculosa Uutela & Tynni, 1991
  • Cheleutochroa venosa Uutela & Tynni, 1991
  • Cheleutochroa venosior Uutela & Tynni, 1991

C. elegans was recovered from Rapla borehole in Estonia.[2]

References
  1. Some middle and late ordovician microphytoplankton from Central North America. AR Loeblich Jr and H Tappan, Journal of Paleontology, 1978
  2. Ordovician acritarchs from the Rapla borehole, Estonia. A Uutela and R Tynni, 1991


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