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Tasmanites

Taxonomy
Tasmanites was named by Newton (1875). Its type is Tasmanites punctatus.

It was assigned to Chlorophyceae by Andrews (1970); and to Prasinophyceae by Burger (1996).

Species
T. punctatus (type species), T. vindhyanensis
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Tasmanites Newton
1970Tasmanites Andrews
1996Tasmanites Burger

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
RankNameAuthor
Chloroplastida
Prasinophytae
genusTasmanitesNewton 1875

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. †Tasmanites Newton 1875
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Tasmanites punctatus Newton 1875
Tasmanites vindhyanensis Maithy and Shukla 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Statherian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 1800.00000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0India (Madhya Pradesh) T. vindhyanensis (227768)
Mesoproterozoic1600.0 - 1000.0India (Madhya Pradesh) T. sp. (225847)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Congo-Kinshasa T. sp. (227766)
Nemakit-Daldynian - Tommotian538.8 - 521.0Russian Federation (Sakha) T. tenellus (99229)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5Norway (Svalbard Archipelago) T. bobrowskii, T. tenellus (148618) T. tenellus, T. bobrowskii, T. volkovae (148617 148621)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5Finland T. sp. (41196)
Amgan - Mayan508.2 - 499.5Russian Federation (Leningrad Oblast) T. sp. (235438)
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1Canada (Québec) T. minutus (24576 24577)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Russian Federation (Siberia) T. sp. (206346)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Canada (Ontario) T. sp. (40058)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) T. sp. (40039)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Ontario) T. sp. (633)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Ohio) T. sp. (23340)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) T. sp. (6730 6731)
Rotliegendes - Ufimian283.3 - 274.4Norway T. spp. (31335 31344 31346 31374)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Norway T. spp. (31356 31359 31361 31397 31398 31403)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Norway T. sp. (31369)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Israel T. spp. (31450)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) T. spp. (38401)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France (Franche-Comté) T. sp. (142143)
Valanginian - Barremian137.05 - 121.4Chile (Doceava Región) T. spp. (150028)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Maranhão) T. sp. (150515)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Antarctica T. spp. (150509)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) T. sp. (200128)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Argentina (Santa Cruz) T. sp. (151587) T. spp. (142150 142151 142152 142154 142219 142222)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene27.3 - 5.333Argentina T. sp. (169468)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Azerbaijan T. sp. (116623)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) T. spp. (142224 142225 142226)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) T. sp. (144210)