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Dictyocha

Chrysophyceae - Phytomastigophora - Dictyochaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Dictyocha Ehrenberg p. 61
1901Dictyocha Lemmermann p. 92
1904Dictyocha Martin p. 447
1983Dictyocha Abbott and Ernissee p. 305
1993Dictyocha Chrétiennot-Dinet et al. p. 163

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomProtista
Chrysophyta
classChrysophyceae
RankNameAuthor
orderPhytomastigophora
familyDictyochaceae
genusDictyocha

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. Dictyocha Ehrenberg 1837
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Dictyocha byronalis Barron et al. 1984
Dictyocha deflandrei Frenguelli 1940
Dictyocha fibula Ehrenberg 1838
Dictyocha frenguellii Deflandre 1950
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: passively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicc
Diet: "photoautotroph"c
Created: 2009-07-21 10:14:48
Modified: 2009-07-21 12:14:48
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (104 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Antarctica D. navicula, D. staurodon (57542)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (California) D. byronalis (201733)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Southern Ocean D. deflandrei (243718)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Southern Ocean D. frenguellii (243210)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98North Pacific D. fibula (261368) D. pulchella (261363 261367)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) D. fibua, D. rhombica, D. a, D. b (48887)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63North Pacific D. fibula (261361) D. pulchella (261360)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) D. fibula (52183)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63North Pacific D. fibula (261353) D. pulchella (261337 261338 261339 261340 261341 261345 261346 261354 261356 261357 261358 261359) D. pulchella, D. fibula (261343 261355)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333North Pacific D. pulchella (261334)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333North Pacific D. fibula (261300 261305 261308 261314 261317 261320 261323) D. pulchella (261295 261297 261298 261303 261304 261306 261307 261312 261313 261315 261318 261321 261322 261324 261325 261327 261328 261331 261332) D. pulchella, D. fibula (261299 261316 261333)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58North Pacific D. fibula (261293) D. pulchella (261292 261294)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific D. fibula (261281 261282 261287) D. pulchella (261280 261283 261286 261289)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117North Pacific D. fibula (261277 261278) D. pulchella, D. fibula (261276)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8North Pacific D. subarctios (270611)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific D. fibula (261270 261272 261273 261275) D. subarctios (269378 272402 272404)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Southern Ocean D. spp. (247594)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774North Pacific D. mandrai, D. subarctios (270601) D. subarctios (270064 270069 270070 270071 270073 270074 270324 270326 270472 270473 270474 270487 270598 270599 270600 270602 270604 271887 271888 271956 271958) D. subarctios, D. mandrai (270483 270484)
C1r.2r1.187 - 1.071North Pacific D. subarctios (270331)
NN210.29 - 0.0Indian Ocean D. spp. (256504)