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Ellipsolithus distichus

Coccolithophyceae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. anadoluensis, E. lajollaensis, E. macellus, E. macellus, E. bollii, E. macellus, E. subdistichus
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
—Hacrobia
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
genusEllipsolithus
speciesdistichus

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 Lutetian or 61.66000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24North Atlantic Ellipsolithus distichus (266463 266464 266465 266466)
NP3 - NP464.5 - 61.3Indian Ocean Ellipsolithus distichus (247005)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0North Atlantic Ellipsolithus distichus (262408 262409 262410 262411 262412 262413 266458 266459 266462 267071 267072)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) Ellipsolithus distichus (152240)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0North Atlantic Ellipsolithus distichus (263833 265394)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07North Atlantic Ellipsolithus distichus (262407 266457)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07North Atlantic Ellipsolithus distichus (262406 265390 265393)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03North Pacific Ellipsolithus distichus (245714 245718)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03North Atlantic Ellipsolithus distichus (261739 267052 267053)