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Gladiolithus

Coccolithophyceae

Taxonomy
Gladiolithus was named by Jordan and Chamberlain (1992). It is extant.

It was assigned to Coccolithophyceae by Jordan and Chamberlain (1992).

Species lacking formal opinion data
G. flabellatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Gladiolithus Jordan and Chamberlain

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
RankNameAuthor
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
genusGladiolithus

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. Gladiolithus Jordan and Chamberlain 1992
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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 Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07North Atlantic G. flabellatus (267980 267981)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03North Atlantic G. flabellatus (267977)