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Ellipsolithus macellus

Coccolithophyceae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

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

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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Bartonian or 66.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Egypt Ellipsolithus macellus (240627 240629)
Danian66.0 - 61.66North Atlantic Ellipsolithus macellus (265400)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24North Atlantic Ellipsolithus macellus (266465 266466)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Indian Ocean Ellipsolithus macellus (254872 254873)
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9Indian Ocean Ellipsolithus macellus (254884)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Tanzania (Lindi) Ellipsolithus macellus (179310)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0North Atlantic Ellipsolithus macellus (262408 262409 262410 262411 262412 262413 266458 266459 266460 266461 267066 267071)
NP659.4 - 59.0Indian Ocean Ellipsolithus macellus (247004)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) Ellipsolithus macellus (152240)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0North Atlantic Ellipsolithus macellus (263832 263833 263834 267069 267070)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07North Atlantic Ellipsolithus macellus (262407 266456 266457 267068)
NP7 - NP859.0 - 57.2Indian Ocean Ellipsolithus macellus (247003)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07North Atlantic Ellipsolithus macellus (262406 263830 263831 265379 265380 265384 265385 266451 266452 266453 266454 266455 267062 267063 267064 267067)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07North Pacific Ellipsolithus macellus (243273 243274 243275)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Indian Ocean Ellipsolithus macellus (254880 254881)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71South Pacific Ellipsolithus macellus (254472)