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Toweius
Taxonomy
Toweius was named by Hay and Mohler (1973). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Coccolithacea by Ellis and Lohman (1973).
It was assigned to Coccolithacea by Ellis and Lohman (1973).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1973 | Toweius Ellis and Lohman |
| 1973 | Toweius Hay and Mohler |
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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.
G. †Toweius Hay and Mohler 1973
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†Toweius africanus Perch-Nielsen 1981
†Toweius callosus Perch-Nielsen 1971
†Toweius eminens Bramlette and Sullivan 1961
†Toweius occultatus Locker 1967
†Toweius petalosus Ellis and Lohman 1973
†Toweius rotundus Perch-Nielsen 1978
†Toweius serotinus Bybell and Self-Trail 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cretaceous | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | T. africanus (236900) | |
| Campanian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | T. africanus (236901) | |
| Maastrichtian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | T. africanus (236899) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | T. africanus (232046) T. occultatus (232042 232043) | |
| Danian | USA (Alabama) | T. petalosus (122047) | |
| Danian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | T. callosus, T. africanus (236898) T. sp., T. africanus (236645) | |
| Danian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | T. occultatus, T. eminens, T. callosus (237045) T. sp., T. occultatus, T. eminens, T. callosus, T. africanus (237043) | |
| Danian | Argentina (Chubut) | T. africanus (236767) | |
| Danian - Selandian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | T. sp., T. occultatus, T. eminens, T. callosus, T. serotinus (237044) | |
| Danian - Selandian | USA (Alabama) | T. petalosus (122045) | |
| Selandian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | T. occultatus, T. eminens, T. callosus (237046) | |
| Selandian | Tanzania (Lindi) | T. spp., T. eminens (179310) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (South Carolina) | T. pertusus (152240) | |
| Sarmatian | Slovenia | T. eminens (55454) |