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Discoaster distinctus

Coccolithophyceae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
D. adamanteus, D. bellus, D. brouweri, D. deflandrei, D. intercalaris, D. quinqueramus, D. surculus, D. variabilis

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
Hacrobia
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
RankNameAuthor
subclassPrymnesiophycidaeCavalier-Smith 1986
genusDiscoasterTan 1902
speciesdistinctus

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: Early/Lower Uintan or 45.90000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03North Pacific Discoaster distinctus (245725)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03North Atlantic Discoaster distinctus (261736 263823 267045 267048 267049 267050 267053)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Discoaster distinctus (206538 206539 206540)
Early/Lower Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (California) Discoaster distinctus (16762)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71North Atlantic Discoaster distinctus (261728)