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Rhabdosphaera

Coccolithophyceae - Syracosphaerales - Rhabdosphaeraceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Rhabdosphaera Haeckel
1997Rhabdosphaera Young and Bown

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
orderSyracosphaeralesHay 1977
familyRhabdosphaeraceae
genusRhabdosphaera

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. Rhabdosphaera Haeckel 1894
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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 Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (1023 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04South Pacific R. clavigera (266441)
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0South Pacific R. clavigera (263071 263072)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Georgia) R. sp. (4868)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) R. crebra, R. gladius, R. inflata, R. morionum, R. perionga, R. scabrosa, R. tenuis, R. truncata, R. vitrea, R. sp. (206538) R. crebra, R. gladius, R. inflata, R. morionum, R. perionga, R. tenuis, R. truncata, R. vitrea, R. sp. (206540) R. crebra, R. inflata, R. perionga, R. scabrosa, R. tenuis, R. sp. (206539)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Indian Ocean R. clavigera (250767) R. spp. (250765)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) R. spinula, R. tenuis, R. vitrea (86616)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3North Pacific R. spp. (248437)
NP2232.9 - 32.0North Pacific R. spp. (247200 247201 247202 247203 257683 257684 257685 257686)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Indian Ocean R. clavigera (256652)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Atlantic R. spp. (264597 264602 264603)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
NN210.29 - 0.0Indian Ocean R. clavigera (243104 243109 243113 243117 248106 248107 248108 248109 250151 253191 253192 253193 253195 253196 253197 253202 253204 253205 253206 253208 253209 253215 253216 253217 253218 253219 253220 259473 259474 259478 274000 274001 274002 274003 274004 274005) R. spp. (246907 247787 247791 247795 251047 251050 252998 252999 253001)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific R. clavigera (248357 248359 248361 248362 248363 248367 250252 250253 250255 250262 250263 259135 259137 259141 259144) R. spp. (252559 252560 258994 258995)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Atlantic R. clavigera (265028 265029 265030 265031 265032)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Atlantic R. clavigera (263725 263726 263727 263728 263729 263731 263732 263733 263734 264348 264349 264350 264352 264353 264354 264355 264356 264357 264358 264359 264739 264970 265298) R. tenuis, R. clavigera (263730 263735)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Pacific R. clavigera (271930 271935 271939 271942)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Pacific R. spp. (252139 252140 252141 252142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indian Ocean R. spp. (249767 249768 249769 249770 249771 249772 249773 249774 249776 249779 255532 255533 255534 255535 255536)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Atlantic R. spp. (264990 265674)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Pacific R. clavigera (260509)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indian Ocean R. clavigera (250802)