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Coccolithacea

Taxonomy
Coccolithacea was named by Ellis and Lohman (1973). It is extant.

Subtaxa
Toweius

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
familyCoccolithaceaEllis and Lohman 1973
RankNameAuthor
familyCoccolithaceaEllis and Lohman 1973

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

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Sarmatian or 83.60000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Toweius africanus (236900)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Argentina (Buenos Aires) Toweius africanus (236901)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Toweius africanus (236899)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Argentina (Santa Cruz) Toweius africanus (232046) Toweius occultatus (232042 232043)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Toweius africanus (236767)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Toweius callosus, Toweius africanus (236898) Toweius sp., Toweius africanus (236645)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Santa Cruz) Toweius occultatus, Toweius eminens, Toweius callosus (237045) Toweius sp., Toweius occultatus, Toweius eminens, Toweius callosus, Toweius africanus (237043)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Toweius petalosus (122047)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) Toweius sp., Toweius occultatus, Toweius eminens, Toweius callosus, Toweius serotinus (237044)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Toweius petalosus (122045)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Tanzania (Lindi) Toweius spp., Toweius eminens (179310)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) Toweius occultatus, Toweius eminens, Toweius callosus (237046)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) Toweius pertusus (152240)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovenia Toweius eminens (55454)