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Nematosphaeropsis

Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae

Taxonomy
Nematosphaeropsis was named by Deflandre and Cookson (1955). It is extant. Its type is Nematosphaeropsis balcombiana.

It was assigned to Gonyaulacaceae by Deflandre and Cookson (1955).

Species
N. balcombiana (type species), N. densiradiata, N. rigida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Nematosphaeropsis Deflandre and Cookson p. 268 figs. pl.1-9

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
—Alveolata
—Myzozoa
subphylumDinozoa
RankNameAuthor
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
orderGonyaulacales
familyGonyaulacaceae
genusNematosphaeropsis

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. Nematosphaeropsis Deflandre and Cookson 1955
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†Nematosphaeropsis balcombiana Deflandre and Cookson 1955
†Nematosphaeropsis densiradiata Stover and Evitt 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Ionian or 105.30000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Late/Upper Turonian105.3 - 89.3Antarctica N. densiradiata (150206)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica N. densiradiata (150967 150975)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) N. sp. (232648)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Colombia N. sp. (28775)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) N. rigida (142222)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Azerbaijan N. sp. (116623 116633)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) N. rigida (144139 144140)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) N. rigida (142224 142225 142226)
Ionian (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Italy (Apulia) N. labyrinthus (157640)