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Operculodinium

Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae

Discussion

Phylum: Dinophyta Class: Dinophyceae Genus: Operculodinium

Taxonomy
Operculodinium was named by Wall (1967). It is extant.

It was assigned to Gonyaulacaceae by Wall (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Operculodinium Wall pp. 110-111 figs. pl.14-16

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

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. Operculodinium Wall 1967
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†Operculodinium baculatum Yu Jingxian and Zhang Wangping 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 86.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.5 - 85.8Antarctica O. spp. (169324 169325 169326)
Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.5Antarctica O. spp. (169332 169334 169335 169337 169338 169339 169340 169341 169342 169343 169344 169346 169348 169349 169351 169352)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Antarctica O. spp. (169354)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Antarctica O. baculatum, O. flucturum (150182)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Antarctica O. sp. (153424)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Antarctica O. radiculatum (75458)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) O. centrocarpum (232648 232649) O. centrocarpum, O. radiculatum (149981) O. radiculatum (232643 232651 232652 232653)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Australia (Tasmania) O. sp. (166741)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine O. eisenackii (234818)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Virginia) O. sp. (107512)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) O. microtriainum (68021)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) O. centrocarpum (144141 151628 151630 151632 151636)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) O. centrocarpum (142322 142323 142324 142329 142330 142331)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Azerbaijan O. israelianum, O. centrocarpum (116623 116633)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) O. centrocarpum (144139 144140 151626)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Panama O. centrocarpus (32333 32334)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) O. centrocarpum (142224)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Azerbaijan O. piaseckerii (116625)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (New south wales) O. centrocarpum (168995 168996 168997 168999 169003)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) O. piaseckii, O. centrocarpum (55396)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Belgium (Campine Area) O. sp., O. eirikianum, O. tegillatum, O. longispinigerum, O. centrocarpum (122028)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) O. sp., O. centrocarpum (59003)
Ionian (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Italy (Apulia) O. sp., O. centrocarpum (157640)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Italy (Apulia) O. sp. (157641)
Ionian - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Apulia) O. centrocarpum (157642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Quebec) O. centrocarpum (116551)