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Nelsoniella

Dinophyceae

Taxonomy
Nelsoniella was named by Cookson and Eisenack (1960). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dinophyceae by Andrews (1970); and to Peridiniales by Santamarina et al. (2025).

Species
N. aceras, N. semireticulata, N. tuberculata
Species lacking formal opinion data
N. semireticulafa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Nelsoniella Cookson and Eisenack
1970Nelsoniella Andrews
2025Nelsoniella Santamarina et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
—Alveolata
—Myzozoa
RankNameAuthor
subphylumDinozoa
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
genusNelsoniellaCookson and Eisenack 1960

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. †Nelsoniella Cookson and Eisenack 1960
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†Nelsoniella aceras Cookson and Eisenack 1960
†Nelsoniella semireticulata Cookson and Eisenack 1960
†Nelsoniella tuberculata Cookson and Eisenack 1960
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 100.50000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica N. tuberculata (153426)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Antarctica N. semireticulafa, N. sp. I, N. aceras, N. tuberculata (150509)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica N. aceras (153425) N. sp. (83352)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) N. aceras (276762)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica N. aceras, N. tuberculata, N. semireticulata (83354)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) N. aceras (191782 191813) N. aceras, N. tuberculata (191781 191785 191786 191787 191788 191789 191790 191791 191792 191793 191794 191795 191807 191808 191816) N. tuberculata (191779 191780 191784 191796 191797 191798 191806)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica N. aceras, N. tuberculata (150182)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica N. aceras (150970 150971 150973)