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Thoracosphaerales

Dinophyceae - Thoracosphaerales

Taxonomy
Thoracosphaerales was named by Tangen et al. (1982) [Tangen in Tanger et al., 1982]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Dinophyceae by Tangen et al. (1982).

Subtaxa
Thoracosphaera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Thoracosphaerales Tangen et al.

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
—Alveolata
—Myzozoa
RankNameAuthor
subphylumDinozoa
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
orderThoracosphaerales
orderThoracosphaerales

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.

Or. Thoracosphaerales Tangen et al. 1982
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G. Thoracosphaera Kamptner 1927
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†Thoracosphaera heimii Lohmann 1919
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Campanian to the top of the NN19 or 83.60000 to 0.42000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (459 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Thoracosphaera sp. (236900)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Argentina (Buenos Aires) Thoracosphaera sp. (236901)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Rio Negro) Thoracosphaera heimii (237078 237646)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Thoracosphaera sp. (236899)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Buenos Aires) Thoracosphaera sp. (236898)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Missouri) Thoracosphaera spp. (231964 232026)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Santa Cruz) Thoracosphaera heimii (232044 232045 232046)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera spp. (254869 254870 254871 254872 254873)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Argentina (Santa Cruz) Thoracosphaera heimii (237046)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9South Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (273094)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Thoracosphaera sp. (206538 206539 206540)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Tonga Thoracosphaera sp. (43006)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (254111)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333South Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (273086)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera sp. (256628)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera sp. (256627)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Southern Ocean Thoracosphaera spp. (256273 256277 256279)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (258797 258805 258811 258821)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera spp. (249062 249064 249065 249067 249073 249077 249078 249079 249081 249082 249084 249086 249087 252468 252479 252485 252486 252488 252489 252490 252491 252493 252494 252504 252505 252506 252507 252508 252509 252510 252511 252513 252514 252515 252517 252518 252520 252521 252522 252523 252524 252526 252527 252528 252529 252530 252531 252532 252533 252534 252536 252537 252538 252539 252540 252545 252546 252547 252548 252549)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333South Pacific Thoracosphaera saxea (269312 269313) Thoracosphaera spp. (272193 273026 273037 273047 273055 273056 273065 273067 273069 273072 273079)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58South Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (273017)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera spp. (252466)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera heimii (255652 256604 256618) Thoracosphaera sp. (256608 256609)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Azerbaijan Thoracosphaera heimi (116629)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera heimii (258922 258927) Thoracosphaera sp. (256568 256571 256572)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera heimii (258212 258891 258896 258899 258901 258913) Thoracosphaera sp. (258244)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera spp. (254803 254804 254805 254806 254807 254808 254809 254811 254812 254814 254815 254816 254820 254821 254822 254826 254829 254831 254832 254835 254839 254840 254841 254842 254846 254847 254849 254851 254853 254855 254856 254857 254858 254860 254861 254862 254864 254866 254868)
N. acostaensis/G. lenguaensis CRZ9.83 - 6.13Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera heimii (254421 254425 254426 254430 254432)
N. acostaensis/G. lenguaensis CRZ - G. extremus PRZ - Atlantic9.83 - 5.72Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera sp. (254397 254402) Thoracosphaera sp., Thoracosphaera heimii (254384)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera heimii (258168)
G. extremus PRZ - Atlantic - G. tumida/G. nepenthes CRZ - Atlantic6.13 - 4.37Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera heimii (254369 254375)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera heimii (258155 258156 258166)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera heimii (258153)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera sp. (251983 256460) Thoracosphaera spp. (253468 253470)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (271829 271830 271835 271838 271839 271841 271842 271845 271846 271847 271849 272130 272133 272137 272140 272144 272149 272159 272160 272168 272170 272174 272179 272929 272933 272934 272935 272936 272937 272939 272941 272968 272971 272975 272986 272987 272989 272990 272998 272999 273002 273004)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (271828)
Thvera5.235 - 4.997North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (255200 255201)
C3n.3r4.997 - 4.896North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (255199)
Sidufjall - C3n.2r4.896 - 4.631North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (255198)
C3n.2r4.799 - 4.631North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (255195)
Nunivak4.631 - 4.493North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (255191 255192)
C3n.1r4.493 - 4.3North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (255188)
C2Ar4.187 - 3.596North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (255171 255172 255173 255174 255176 255177)
Gilbert4.187 - 3.596North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (255207)
C2Ar - C2An.3n4.187 - 3.33North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (255168)
NN163.75 - 2.5Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera sp. (248186)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera spp. (248613 248614 248615 248618 248619 248620 248622 248623 248624 248625 248626 248628 248632 248639 248644 248645 248647 248648 254795 254800)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera heimii (258112 258121 258128) Thoracosphaera sp. (258080 258090 258091 258092 258093 258094 258095 258110 258111)
C2An.3n3.596 - 3.33North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (255163 255167)
C2An.2n3.207 - 3.116North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (255157)
C2An.1r3.116 - 3.032North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (255156)
C2An.1n3.032 - 2.61North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (247576 247578 247579)
C2An.1n - Matuyama3.032 - 0.773North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (247575)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera spp. (248585 248586 248587 248589 248591 248593 248594 248595 248598 248599 248600 248601 248603 250427 250428 250429 250430 250431 250432 250433 250434 250436 250437 250438 254768 254769 254770 254773 254774 254775 254776 254778 254779 254780 254782 254785 254786 254787 254788 254790 254791 259292 259293 259294 259296 259297 259298 259299 259300 259303 259304 259305 259306 259307 259308)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera spp. (248584)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (271777 271779 271782 271784 271785 271786 271787 271791 271795 271799 271800 271801 271804 271806 271808 271812 271814 271815 271817 271819 271823 271824 271827 272103 272105 272109 272110 272111 272112 272113 272115 272117 272118 272119 272122 272126 272860 272861 272863 272882 272887 272891 272902 273107 273108)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Southern Ocean Thoracosphaera spp. (253774)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (249366 249367 249372 249376 249377 251836 251838 251839 251841 251845 251851 258664)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Atlantic Thoracosphaera spp. (262968 262973)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera heimii (247304 247308 247310 247311 247313 258075) Thoracosphaera heimii, Thoracosphaera sp. (251963) Thoracosphaera sp. (251971 258076 258077 258078 258079) Thoracosphaera spp. (253444 253445 253448 253449 253450 253451 253456 253457 253463)
NN191.9 - 0.42Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera sp. (248119 248146 250710)
G. ruber PRZ1.88 - 0.0Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera heimii (254309 254317 254319)
Cobb Mountain1.208 - 1.187North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (247564)
Cobb Mountain - C1r.2r1.208 - 1.071North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (247562)
C1r.2r1.187 - 1.071North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (247551 247552 247553 247555 247556 247557 247558 247559 247560 247561)
Matuyama0.99 - 0.773North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (247539 247541)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Indian Ocean Thoracosphaera spp. (248580 248581 248582 250422 250423 250424 250425 250426 259287 259289 259290 259291)
Brunhes0.773 - 0.0North Pacific Thoracosphaera spp. (247529 247530 247531 247532 247536 247537)