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Costopyxis

Bacillariophyceae

Taxonomy
Costopyxis was named by Glezer (1984). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bacillariophyceae by Glezer (1984).

Species lacking formal opinion data
C. antiqua, C. ornata, C. reticulata, C. schulzii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Costopyxis Glezer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomProtista
phylumOchrophyta
RankNameAuthor
classBacillariophyceaeHaeckel 1878
genusCostopyxis

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. †Costopyxis Glezer 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Diet: "photoautotroph"c
Created: 2008-03-19 02:48:18
Modified: 2008-03-19 04:48:18
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Northwest Territories) C. antiqua, C. ornata, C. schulzii (57609 57638) C. ornata (57607 57612 57614 57656) C. ornata, C. reticulata (57613 57620 57624 57630 57643 57647) C. ornata, C. reticulata, C. schulzii (57622 57632) C. ornata, C. schulzii (57608 57610 57611 57623 57635 57636 57637) C. reticulata (57615 57625 57626 57627 57628 57633 57634 57639 57640 57644 57645 57646 57648 57650 57653 57660) C. reticulata, C. schulzii (57617 57618 57619 57621 57631 57642) C. sp. (57213 57214 57215 57216 57217 57218 57219 57220 57221)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada C. ornata (57616)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Nunavut) C. antiqua, C. ornata, C. schulzii (57439) C. antiqua, C. schulzii (57260 57261 57437 57438 57441) C. ornata, C. schulzii (57259 57262 57263 57267 57436 57440) C. schulzii (57264 57442 57443)