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Dictyococcites

Coccolithophyceae - Isochrysidales - Noelaerhabdaceae

Taxonomy
Dictyococcites was named by Black (1967). It is extant.

It was assigned to Noelaerhabdaceae by Young and Bown (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Dictyococcites Black
1997Dictyococcites Young and Bown

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
orderIsochrysidales
familyNoelaerhabdaceae
genusDictyococcitesBlack 1967

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. Dictyococcites Black 1967
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†Dictyococcites scrippsae Bukry and Percival 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: oceanic, oligotrophic, marine, brackishp
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Depth habitat: surfacep
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2006-10-31 06:24:05
Modified: 2006-10-31 08:24:05
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (1454 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07North Atlantic D. scrippsae (266445 267057)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03North Atlantic D. bisectus (266045 266046 266047 266048) D. scrippsae (262404)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03South Pacific D. bisectus (254480)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Indian Ocean D. bisectus (248756 248758 248759)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9North Atlantic D. bisectus (260560 260561 260562 260563 260564 260565)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9North Pacific D. bisectus (254126)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9South Pacific D. bisectus (249162 249163 249164 249165 249166 249167 249168 249169 249170 249171 249172 249173 249174 249175 249176 249177 249179 249181 249183 249184 249185 249187) D. stavensis, D. productellus, D. scrippsae, D. antarcticus, D. bisectus (273094) D. stavensis, D. scrippsae, D. antarcticus, D. bisectus (273093)
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.04South Pacific D. bisectus (249154 249155 249156 249157 249158 249159 249160 249161) D. stavensis, D. productellus, D. scrippsae, D. antarcticus (273087) D. stavensis, D. productellus, D. scrippsae, D. antarcticus, D. bisectus (273089 273091) D. stavensis, D. scrippsae, D. antarcticus, D. bisectus (273092) D. stavensis, D. scrippsae, D. bisectus (273088 273090)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Georgia) D. bisectus, D. scrippsae (4868)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03South Pacific D. bisectus (254477 254478)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indian Ocean D. bisectus (253457 253460 253464) D. sp. (252808 252809 252810 252813 252824)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Pacific D. antarcticus (271777 271781 271798 271815 271816 271820 272121 272867 272877 272883 272894 272907 273100 273102) D. antarcticus, D. bisectus (272871 272890) D. bisectus (249129 269210 271792 271793 271803 271806 271807 271808 271810 271813 272120 272866 272881 272884 272895 272917) D. productellus (269211 269212 269214 269215 269219 269221 269223 271776 271784 271796 271797 271804 272103 272104 272106 272107 272115 272118 272860 272861 272862 272865 272872 272873 272875 272886 272888 272891 272899 272901 272904 272905 272909 272910 272918 273095 273099 273107 273108) D. productellus, D. antarcticus (271778 271780 271801 271819 272102 272113 272116 272117 272879 272887 272889 272900 272920 273104) D. productellus, D. antarcticus, D. bisectus (272109 272122 272878 272902 272903) D. productellus, D. bisectus (269213 269222 272112 272114 272863 272885 272898 272911) D. productellus, D. stavensis (271822) D. productellus, D. stavensis, D. bisectus (272908) D. scrippsae (271821) D. stavensis (272111 272892) D. stavensis, D. antarcticus, D. bisectus (271786) D. stavensis, D. productellus (272870 273105 273106) D. stavensis, D. productellus, D. antarcticus (272859) D. stavensis, D. scrippsae (271799) D. stavensis, D. scrippsae, D. bisectus (271779 271814)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Atlantic D. bisectus (266442)
NN191.9 - 0.42North Pacific D. spp. (256406 256409 256429 256441 256442 256443 256445 256446 256448 256449 256450 256451)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774North Pacific D. spp. (265708 272796 272797 273248)
Cobb Mountain - C1r.2r1.208 - 1.071North Pacific D. haqii (247562)
C1r.2r1.187 - 1.071North Pacific D. haqii (247550 247551 247552 247553 247554 247556 247561)
Matuyama0.99 - 0.773North Pacific D. haqii (247572 247573 247574)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Indian Ocean D. bisectus, D. perplexus (259289) D. productus (259288 259291) D. productus, D. perplexus (259290)
NN210.29 - 0.0South Pacific D. antarcticus (269207) D. productellus, D. bisectus (269204 269205 269206)