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Helicosphaera compacta

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Chromalveolata
RankNameAuthor
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
genusHelicosphaeraKamptner 1954
speciescompacta

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Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 41.03000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (134 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9North Atlantic Helicosphaera compacta (260560 260561 260562 260563 260565)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9North Pacific Helicosphaera compacta (254120)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71North Atlantic Helicosphaera compacta (262393 262394)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71North Pacific Helicosphaera compacta (246862)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Ukraine Helicosphaera compacta (234813)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9North Atlantic Helicosphaera compacta (262392)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Tonga Helicosphaera compacta (43006)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9North Pacific Helicosphaera compacta (242971 242972 242973 242977 242978 242979 243829 243830)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9North Atlantic Helicosphaera compacta (262381 262382 262383 262384 262385 262386 262387 262388 262389 262390 262391 268068 268069 268070 268071 268072 268077 268085)
Priabonian - Rupelian37.71 - 27.3North Pacific Helicosphaera compacta (242953 242954 242955 242956 242958 242960 242961 242963 243312 243313 243316 244287 245895 246856 246857)
Priabonian - Rupelian37.71 - 27.3North Atlantic Helicosphaera compacta (261718 268067)
NP2134.4 - 32.9North Pacific Helicosphaera compacta (259043)
NP21 - NP2234.4 - 32.0North Pacific Helicosphaera compacta (259041 259042)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3North Pacific Helicosphaera compacta (242550 242551 242553 242948 242949 242950 242951 243226 243227 243817 244277 244278 244283 244286 245891 245892 245893 245894 254114)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3North Atlantic Helicosphaera compacta (262370 262371 262372 262373 262374 262375 262376 262377 262378 262379 262380 266443 268059 268060 268061 268062 268063 268064 268065 268066)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Indian Ocean Helicosphaera compacta (248754)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04North Pacific Helicosphaera compacta (243801)
NP2232.9 - 32.0North Pacific Helicosphaera compacta (247198 247199 247200 247201 247202 247203 257681 257682 257683 257684 257685 257686)
NP2332.0 - 27.2Indian Ocean Helicosphaera compacta (246999 247000)
NP23 - NP2432.0 - 26.8Indian Ocean Helicosphaera compacta (246997)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04North Pacific Helicosphaera compacta (243277 243279 243280 243281 243282 243283)
NP2427.2 - 26.8North Pacific Helicosphaera compacta (259038 259039 259040)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indian Ocean Helicosphaera compacta (252486 252494 252502 252512 252526 252527 252528)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indian Ocean Helicosphaera compacta (248621)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indian Ocean Helicosphaera compacta (259296 259304)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Atlantic Helicosphaera compacta (266442)