Briggera is a genus of diatom known from the fossil record.[1]

Briggera
Temporal range: upper Cretaceous-Lower Miocene, 100–15.97 Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Hemiaulales
Family: Hemiaulaceae
Genus: Briggera
R. Ross & P.A. Sims, 1985

Species

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  • 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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  • Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Briggera". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
  1. ^ Round, F.E.E.; D. G. Mann; R. M. Crawford (1990). Diatoms: Biology and Morphology of the Genera. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-36318-1.