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
Parent taxon: Coscinodiscaceae according to F.T. Kützing 1844
See also Abbott and Ernissee 1983, Andrews 1976, Chrétiennot-Dinet et al. 1993, Ehrenberg 1839 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Cestodiscus, Coscinodiscoideae, Craspedodiscus, Melosiroideae, Stellarima
Subtaxa: Coscinodiscus apiculatus Coscinodiscus asteromphalus Coscinodiscus curvatulus Coscinodiscus ellipticus Coscinodiscus excentricus Coscinodiscus gigas Coscinodiscus inclusus Coscinodiscus lineatus Coscinodiscus marginatus 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 (3: Maryland, North Carolina, Washington)
• Neogene of India (1)
• Oligocene of India (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (9)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (11), Canada (4: Northwest Territories)
Total: 35 collections including 100 occurrences
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