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Coccolithus miopelagicus

Coccolithophyceae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
C. bidens, C. consuetus, C. eminens, C. expansus, C. formosus, C. grandis, C. occultatus, C. pelagicus, C. solitus, C. staurion, Cyclococcolithus formosus, Cyclococcolithus luminis, Cyclococcolithus reticulatus, Tremalithus oamaruensis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. abisectus, C. bisectus, C. cavus, C. crassipons, C. cribellum, C. eopelagicus, C. scissurus, C. abisectus, C. braarudii, C. cachaoi, C. crassus, C. eopelagicus, C. formosus, C. gigas, C. streckeri

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
subclassPrymnesiophycidaeCavalier-Smith 1986
genusCoccolithusSchwartz 1959
speciesmiopelagicus

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 Selandian to the top of the C1r.2r or 61.66000 to 1.07100 Ma

Collections (809 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24North Atlantic Coccolithus miopelagicus (267990 267991)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03South Pacific Coccolithus miopelagicus (254479 254480 254481 254482 254483 254484 254485 254491 254492 254493 254494 254495 254498)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9South Pacific Coccolithus miopelagicus (245753 249162 249163 249164 249165 249166 249167 249168 249172 249173 249174 249175 249176 249177 249178 249179 249180 249181 249182 249183 249184 249185 249186 249187 249188 249189 249190 249191)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9North Pacific Coccolithus miopelagicus (256344)
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.04South Pacific Coccolithus miopelagicus (249155 249156 249157 249158 249160 249161 273087)
M. aragonensis/M. subbotinae CRZ52.3 - 50.8South Pacific Coccolithus miopelagicus (250065)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03South Pacific Coccolithus miopelagicus (254477)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71South Pacific Coccolithus miopelagicus (254475 254476)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71South Pacific Coccolithus miopelagicus (251705 251706 251707 251708 251709 251710 251711 251712 251713 251714 251715 251716 251717 251718 251719 251720 251722 251723)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9South Pacific Coccolithus miopelagicus (251699 251700 251701 251702 251703)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Pacific Coccolithus miopelagicus (269273 269277 269278 269290)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific Coccolithus miopelagicus (256288 264705 264706)
G. miocenica HOZ - Atlantic3.13 - 2.39Indian Ocean Coccolithus miopelagicus (254338)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8North Atlantic Coccolithus miopelagicus (152368)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indian Ocean Coccolithus miopelagicus (254774 254776)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific Coccolithus miopelagicus (257605)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Pacific Coccolithus miopelagicus (243056 243058 243059 243060 243065 243073 243075 243077 243082 243083 243084 243085 243086 243087 243088 243089 243091 243092 243093 243094 243100 243102 243103 244406 244407 244415 246267 246662 246671 246680 271777 272873)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0South Pacific Coccolithus miopelagicus (243974 243987)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774North Pacific Coccolithus miopelagicus (266219 266220 266221 267372 267373 267374 267375 267376)
C1r.2r1.187 - 1.071North Pacific Coccolithus miopelagicus (247556)