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Prymnesiophyta (haptophytes)

Taxonomy
Prymnesiophyta is a phylum. It is extant.

It was assigned to Eukaryota by Taylor et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Prymnesiophyta Taylor et al. p. 1027

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—Life
—Eukaryota()
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phylumPrymnesiophyta
phylumPrymnesiophyta

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.

Ph. Prymnesiophyta [haptophytes]
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G. †Caliptrosphaerites Maslov 1956
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G. †Clathrolithus Deflandre 1954
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†Clathrolithus ellipticus Deflandre 1954
G. †Cylindrosphaera Maslov 1956
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G. †Pemma Klumpp 1953
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†Pemma rotundum Klumpp 1953
G. †Peritrachelina Deflandre 1952
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†Peritrachelina ornata Deflandre 1952
G. †Rhabdosphaerites Maslov 1956
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†Rhabdosphaerites conicus Maslov 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Santonian to the top of the Lutetian or 85.70000 to 41.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.6 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Nebraska) Coccolithophorales indet. (193536)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Buenos Aires) Clathrolithus ellipticus (236645)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Ukraine Clathrolithus spinosus (234811)