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Operculodinium centrocarpum

Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae

Taxonomy
Operculodinium centrocarpum was named by Wall (1967). It is a 3D fossil preserving soft parts.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Operculodinium centrocarpum Wall
2004Operculodinium centrocarpum Marenssi et al. p. 918

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

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.20000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (111 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Operculodinium centrocarpum (149981 232648 232649)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) Operculodinium centrocarpum (241339)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Alaska) Operculodinium centrocarpum (237804)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Operculodinium centrocarpum (144141 151628 151630 151632 151636)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) Operculodinium centrocarpum (142322 142323 142324 142329 142330 142331)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Azerbaijan Operculodinium centrocarpum (116623 116633)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Operculodinium centrocarpum (144139 144140 151626)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) Operculodinium centrocarpum (142224)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (New south wales) Operculodinium centrocarpum (168995 168996 168997 168999 169003)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Operculodinium centrocarpum (55396)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Belgium (Campine Area) Operculodinium centrocarpum (122028)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Operculodinium centrocarpum (59003)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8North Pacific Operculodinium centrocarpum (271260 271389 271391)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific Operculodinium centrocarpum (270370 270372 270375 270376 270383 270388 271463 271632 271635 271644) Operculodinium centrocarpum, Operculodinium centrocarpum (270369 270371 270374 271630 271631 271634) Operculodinium centrocarpum, Operculodinium centrocarpum, Operculodinium centrocarpum (270384)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0North Pacific Operculodinium centrocarpum (270666 270670 270673 270675 270676 270682 270683 270684 270685) Operculodinium centrocarpum, Operculodinium centrocarpum (270665 270667 270669 270672 270674)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774North Pacific Operculodinium centrocarpum (270620 270622 270623 270627 270628 270630 270634 270638 270641 271241 271242 271377 271652 271654 271656 271657 271664 271665 272077 272080 272083 272085 272087 272089 272092 272098) Operculodinium centrocarpum, Operculodinium centrocarpum (270619 270644 271239 271240 271246 271380 271382 271457 271646 271647 272076 272079 272081 272086) Operculodinium centrocarpum, Operculodinium centrocarpum, Operculodinium centrocarpum (270618 270629 270631)
Ionian (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Italy (Apulia) Operculodinium centrocarpum (157640)
Ionian - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Apulia) Operculodinium centrocarpum (157642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Quebec) Operculodinium centrocarpum (116551)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Pacific Operculodinium centrocarpum, Operculodinium centrocarpum (270368)