Bacillariophyceae - Coscinodiscales - Coscinodiscaceae
Full reference: C.G. Ehrenberg. 1839. Über die Bildung der Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels durch unsichtbare Organismen. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse 1839:59-147
Belongs to Coscinodiscus according to C.G. Ehrenberg 1839
See also Andrews 1976 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Coscinodiscus apiculatus, Coscinodiscus asteromphalus, Coscinodiscus curvatulus, Coscinodiscus ellipticus, Coscinodiscus excentricus, Coscinodiscus gigas, Coscinodiscus inclusus, Coscinodiscus lineatus, Coscinodiscus minor, Coscinodiscus oculusiridis, Coscinodiscus perforatus, Coscinodiscus punctatus, Coscinodiscus radiatus, Coscinodiscus rothii, Coscinodiscus subtilis, Coscinodiscus vetustissimus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Japan (2)
• Miocene of Mexico (1), Morocco (1), United States (2: Maryland, North Carolina)
• Neogene of India (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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