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Calcidiscus tropicus

Coccolithophyceae - Coccosphaerales - Calcidiscaceae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
C. leptoporus, C. macintyrei
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. premacintyrei, C. carlae, C. pacificanus, C. pataceus, C. pataecus, C. premacintyrei, C. protoannulus, C. quadriperforatus
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Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
—Hacrobia
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
RankNameAuthor
orderCoccosphaeralesHaeckel 1894
familyCalcidiscaceae
genusCalcidiscusKamptner 1950
speciestropicus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (929 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03North Atlantic Calcidiscus tropicus (266043 266044 266045 266046 266047 266048)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03North Atlantic Calcidiscus tropicus (267970 267973 267975)
H. alabamensis HOZ34.3 - 33.8South Pacific Calcidiscus tropicus (250024)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3North Atlantic Calcidiscus tropicus (266042)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04South Pacific Calcidiscus tropicus (258021)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45North Pacific Calcidiscus tropicus (242736 243581)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98North Pacific Calcidiscus tropicus (242815 242817 242821 245307 245308 245309 245310)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98North Pacific Calcidiscus tropicus (243436 255867)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98South Pacific Calcidiscus tropicus (251642 251644 251645 253913 253914 253915 253916 253917 253918 253919 253920 253921 253922 253923 258011 258012 258013 258014 258015 258016 258017 258018 258019 258020)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63South Pacific Calcidiscus tropicus (258010)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Cobb Mountain - C1r.2r1.208 - 1.071North Pacific Calcidiscus tropicus (247562)
C1r.2r1.187 - 1.071North Pacific Calcidiscus tropicus (247553)
Matuyama0.99 - 0.773North Pacific Calcidiscus tropicus (247567 247570 247572)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129South Pacific Calcidiscus tropicus (271943 271944 271945 271946 271947 271948 271950 271951 271952)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Indian Ocean Calcidiscus tropicus (248582 250426 259287 259288 259289 259290)
NN200.42 - 0.29Indian Ocean Calcidiscus tropicus (247812 251055 259346 259350 259352 259354 259356)
NN210.29 - 0.0Indian Ocean Calcidiscus tropicus (247395 247396 249571 249572 249573 249575 249580 249581 249586 249587 249588 249589 250634 251051 251768 251774 257099 257100 257103 257331)
NN210.29 - 0.0South Pacific Calcidiscus tropicus (269204)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Pacific Calcidiscus tropicus (271930 271931 271932 271933 271934 271935 271937 271938 271939 271940 271941 271942)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indian Ocean Calcidiscus tropicus (256727)