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Nicklithus amplificus

Coccolithophyceae - Ceratolithaceae

Taxonomy

Ceratolithus amplificus was named by Bukry and Percival (1971). It is extant.

It was recombined as Nicklithus amplificus by Raffi et al. (1998).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1971	Ceratolithus amplificus Bukry and Percival
1998	Nicklithus amplificus Raffi et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
—	Life
—	Eukaryota	()
—	Chromalveolata
phylum	Haptophyta	Hibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986

Rank	Name	Author
class	Coccolithophyceae
family	Ceratolithaceae	Norris 1965
genus	Nicklithus	Raffi et al. 1998
species	amplificus	(Bukry and Percival 1971)

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.

Nicklithus amplificus Bukry and Percival 1971

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

oceanic, oligotrophic, marine, brackishp

Locomotion:

passively mobilep

Life habit:

planktonicp

Depth habitat:

surfacep

Diet:

"photoautotroph"p

Created:

2006-10-31 06:24:05

Modified:

2006-10-31 08:24:05

Source: p = phylum

Reference: Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Messinian or 61.66000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (102 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Selandian	61.66 - 59.24	North Atlantic	Nicklithus amplificus (267985 267986 267987 267988)
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	Indian Ocean	Nicklithus amplificus (252472 252473 252474 252477 252478 253422 253423 253424)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	South Pacific	Nicklithus amplificus (253894)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	North Pacific	Nicklithus amplificus (247731 248406 251509 251521 251528 256310 256312 256314 273353 273354 273355 273589 273590 273591 273594 273595 273596)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Indian Ocean	Nicklithus amplificus (247090 254820 254821)
Tortonian - Messinian	11.63 - 5.333	North Pacific	Nicklithus amplificus (242671)
N. acostaensis/G. lenguaensis CRZ	9.83 - 6.13	Indian Ocean	Nicklithus amplificus (254409 254413 254414 254415 254417 254418)
N. acostaensis/G. lenguaensis CRZ - G. extremus PRZ - Atlantic	9.83 - 5.72	Indian Ocean	Nicklithus amplificus (254407 254408)
NN10 - NN11	9.6 - 5.6	Indian Ocean	Nicklithus amplificus (246957)
NN11	8.25 - 5.6	Indian Ocean	Nicklithus amplificus (248270 248271 248272 248273 248275 248277 248278 248279 248280 248281 248283 248284 248285 248286 248287 248288 248289 248290 248292 248293 251274 251275 251276 251277 251278 251279 251280 251281 251282 251283 251284 251285 251287 251288 251289 251291 251764 251791 251792 255298 258789 258794 259964)
NN11	8.25 - 5.6	South Atlantic	Nicklithus amplificus (268743 268746 268749 268750 268753 268757 268758)
NN11	8.25 - 5.6	North Pacific	Nicklithus amplificus (247148 247149 250356 257631 257632 259002)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Tanzania	Nicklithus amplificus (202214)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	North Pacific	Nicklithus amplificus (243563)
NN12	5.6 - 5.0	South Pacific	Nicklithus amplificus (255367)