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Coronocyclus

Coccolithophyceae - Coccolithales - Coccolithaceae

Taxonomy
Coronocyclus was named by Hay et al. (1966). It is extant.

It was assigned to Haptophyta by Hay et al. (1966); and to Coccolithaceae by Young and Bown (1997).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Coronocyclus Hay et al.
1997Coronocyclus Young and Bown

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
orderCoccolithales
familyCoccolithaceae
genusCoronocyclus

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. Coronocyclus Hay et al. 1966
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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 Late/Upper Cretaceous to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (935 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Indian Ocean C. nitescens (256515)
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0Indian Ocean C. nitescens (256516)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24North Atlantic C. nitescens (267988 267989)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07North Atlantic C. nitescens (267978 267980 267981)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07North Pacific C. nitescens (245726)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03North Atlantic C. nitescens (266043 266044 266045 266046 266047 266048)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Indian Ocean C. nitescens (248756)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9North Pacific C. nitescens (254121 254122 254123 254127 256344 258395)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9South Pacific C. nitescens (249170)
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.04South Pacific C. nitescens (249154 249155 249156 249157)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indian Ocean C. nitescens (248604 254783 259303)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Pacific C. nitescens (243093 246666 246672 249129)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific C. nitescens (257615 263085)
NN172.5 - 2.4Indian Ocean C. spp. (257389)
NN191.9 - 0.42Indian Ocean C. nitescens (248145 248151 248162 248163 251783) C. spp. (250648 251785 255412 255419 255420 257106 257108 257109 257346) C. spp., C. prionion (257114)
NN191.9 - 0.42North Pacific C. nitescens (256408)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific C. nitescens (252560)
NN210.29 - 0.0Indian Ocean C. nitescens (248109) C. spp. (247395 247396 249570 249571 251768 257099)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Pacific C. nitescens (271935)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indian Ocean C. spp. (256727)