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Staurolithites melinciensis

Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Chiastozygaceae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
S. aachenus, S. aenigma, S. angustus, S. crux, S. dentatus, S. dorfii, S. ellipticus, S. elongatus, S. flavus, S. gausorhethium, S. glaber, S. imbricatus, S. integer, S. laffittei, S. leptostaurus, S. lumina, S. mielnicensis, S. minutus, S. mitcheneri, S. mutterlosei, S. parma, S. quadriarculla, S. rotatus, S. siesseri, S. stradneri, S. zoensis

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
RankNameAuthor
orderEiffellithalesRood et al. 1971
familyChiastozygaceaeRood et al. 1973
genusStaurolithitesCaratini 1963
speciesmelinciensis

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: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Rio Negro) Staurolithites melinciensis (240425 240426 240428 240429 240430)