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Thalassiosira

Bacillariophyceae - Thalassiosirales - Thalassiosiraceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Thalassiosira Cleve p. 6
1976Thalassiosira Lakhanpal et al.
1983Thalassiosira Abbott and Ernissee p. 304
1986Thalassiosira Glezer and Makarova p. 674

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomProtista
phylumOchrophyta
classBacillariophyceaeHaeckel 1878
RankNameAuthor
orderThalassiosirales
familyThalassiosiraceae
genusThalassiosira

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. Thalassiosira Cleve 1873
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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: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) T. a, T. b (48887)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan (Hokkaido) T. yabei (65238)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan (Hokkaido) T. sp. (201953)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco T. eccentrica (35035)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Japan T. antiqua, T. eccentrica, T. jacksonii, T. jouseae, T. manifesta, T. marujamica, T. nidulus, T. oestrupii, T. sp. (55643) T. oestrupii (55356)
Pliocene - Quaternary5.333 - 0.0Chile (Atacama) T. oestrupii, T. leptopus, T. eccentric (221934)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan T. antique, T. gravida, T. nidulus, T. oestrupii, T. trifulta, T. sp. (101907)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Atlantic T. proschkinae, T. levanderi (35075)