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Syracosphaerales

Coccolithophyceae - Syracosphaerales

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Syracosphaerales Hay
2003Syracosphaerales Young et al.

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
orderSyracosphaeralesHay 1977
orderSyracosphaeralesHay 1977

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. †Syracosphaerales Hay 1977
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Fm. Calciosoleniaceae Kamptner 1927
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G. †Calciosolenia Gran 1912
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†Calciosolenia fossilis Deflandre 1954
Invalid names: Scapholithus Deflandre 1954 [synonym]
Fm. Rhabdosphaeraceae Haeckel 1894
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G. Acanthoica Lohmann 1903
G. Algirosphaera Schlauder 1945
G. †Blackites Hay and Towe 1962
G. Discosphaera Haeckel 1894
G. Rhabdosphaera Haeckel 1894
Fm. Umbellosphaeraceae Young et al. 2003
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G. Umbellosphaera Paasche 1955
Invalid names: Syracosphaeraceae Lohmann 1902 [empty]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Ionian or 61.60000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.2 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Tanzania (Lindi) Calciosolenia spp. (179310)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine Blackites gladius, Blackites inversus (234811) Blackites gladius, Blackites rotundus (234810)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine (Luhansk) Blackites gladius (232266)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Georgia) Rhabdosphaera sp. (4868)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Ukraine Blackites gladius (234812)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Rhabdosphaera crebra, Rhabdosphaera gladius, Rhabdosphaera inflata, Rhabdosphaera morionum, Rhabdosphaera perionga, Rhabdosphaera scabrosa, Rhabdosphaera tenuis, Rhabdosphaera truncata, Rhabdosphaera vitrea, Rhabdosphaera sp. (206538) Rhabdosphaera crebra, Rhabdosphaera gladius, Rhabdosphaera inflata, Rhabdosphaera morionum, Rhabdosphaera perionga, Rhabdosphaera tenuis, Rhabdosphaera truncata, Rhabdosphaera vitrea, Rhabdosphaera sp. (206540) Rhabdosphaera crebra, Rhabdosphaera inflata, Rhabdosphaera perionga, Rhabdosphaera scabrosa, Rhabdosphaera tenuis, Rhabdosphaera sp. (206539)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Rhabdosphaera spinula, Rhabdosphaera tenuis, Rhabdosphaera vitrea (86616)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Jordan Blackites tenuis (32899)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Azerbaijan Rhabdosphaera sicca, Rhabdosphaera procera (116629)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Siena) Scapholithus fossilus, Rhabdosphaera sp. (45497)
Ionian (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Italy (Apulia) Rhabdosphaera claviger (157640)
Ionian - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Apulia) Rhabdosphaera claviger (157642)