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Ellipsolithus

Coccolithophyceae

Taxonomy

Ellipsolithus was named by Sullivan (1964).

It was assigned to Coccolithophyceae by Young and Bown (1997).

Species lacking formal opinion data

E. anadoluensis, E. bollii, E. distichus, E. distichus, E. lajollaensis, E. macellus, E. macellus, E. macellus, E. subdistichus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1964	Ellipsolithus Sullivan
1997	Ellipsolithus Young and Bown

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Rank	Name	Author
—	Life
—	Eukaryota	()
—	Chromalveolata

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Haptophyta	Hibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
class	Coccolithophyceae
genus	Ellipsolithus

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. †Ellipsolithus Sullivan 1964

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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 NP1 to the top of the Miocene or 66.00000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (70 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
NP1 - NP2	66.0 - 64.5	Indian Ocean	E. bollii (247006)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	North Atlantic	E. macellus (265400)
Danian - Selandian	66.0 - 59.24	North Atlantic	E. distichus (266463 266464) E. distichus, E. macellus (266465 266466)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	Indian Ocean	E. macellus (254872 254873)
Paleocene - Eocene	66.0 - 33.9	Indian Ocean	E. macellus (254884)
NP3 - NP4	64.5 - 61.3	Indian Ocean	E. distichus, E. bollii (247005)
Selandian	61.66 - 59.24	Tanzania (Lindi)	E. spp., E. macellus (179310)
Selandian - Thanetian	61.66 - 56.0	North Atlantic	E. distichus (266462 267072) E. distichus, E. macellus (262408 262409 262410 262411 262412 262413 266458 266459 267071) E. macellus (266460 266461 267066)
NP6	59.4 - 59.0	Indian Ocean	E. macellus (247004)
Late/Upper Paleocene	59.24 - 56.0	USA (South Carolina)	E. distichus, E. macellus (152240)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	North Atlantic	E. distichus (265394) E. distichus, E. macellus (263833) E. macellus (263832 263834 267069 267070)
Thanetian - Ypresian	59.24 - 48.07	North Atlantic	E. distichus, E. macellus (262407 266457) E. macellus (266456 267068)
NP7 - NP8	59.0 - 57.2	Indian Ocean	E. macellus (247003)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	North Pacific	E. macellus (243273 243274 243275)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	North Atlantic	E. distichus (265390 265393) E. distichus, E. macellus (262406) E. macellus (263830 263831 265379 265380 265384 265385 266451 266452 266453 266454 266455 267062 267063 267064 267067)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Indian Ocean	E. macellus (254880 254881)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	North Atlantic	E. distichus (261739 267052 267053)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	North Pacific	E. distichus (245714 245718)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	USA (California)	E. lajollaensis (206538 206540)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	South Pacific	E. macellus (254472)
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	Indian Ocean	E. subdistichus (249079)