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Stephanolithiales

Coccolithophyceae - Stephanolithiales

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Stephanolithiales Bown and Young

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

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. †Stephanolithiales Bown and Young 1997
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Fm. †Parhabdolithaceae Bown 1987
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G. †Bucanthus Bown 1987
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†Bucanthus decussatus Bown 1987
G. †Crucirhabdus Rood et al. 1973
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†Crucirhabdus minutus Jafar 1983
†Crucirhabdus primulus Rood et al. 1973
G. †Diductius Goy 1979
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†Diductius constans Goy 1979
G. †Mitrolithus Deflandre 1954
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†Mitrolithus elegans Deflandre 1954
†Mitrolithus jansae Wiegand 1984
G. †Parhabdolithus Deflandre 1952
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G. †Braloweria Crux 1991
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†Parhabdolithus marthae Deflandre 1954
G. †Thurmannolithion Grün and Zweili 1980
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†Thurmannolithion clatratum Grün and Zweili 1980
G. †Timorella Brown 1987
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†Timorella cypella Bown 1987
G. †Umbria Bralower and Thierstein 1989
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†Umbria granulosa Bralower and Thierstein 1989
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†Umbria granulosa minor Bralower and Thierstein 1989
†Umbria granulosa granulosa Bralower and Thierstein 1989
Fm. †Stephanolithiaceae Black 1968
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G. †Corollithion Stradner 1961
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†Corollithion acutum Thierstein 1972
†Corollithion completum Perch-Nielsen 1973
†Corollithion exiguum Stradner 1961
†Corollithion fractum Black 1973
†Corollithion kennedyi Crux 1981
†Corollithion madagaskarensis Perch-Nielsen 1973
†Corollithion protosignum Worsley 1971
†Corollithion signum Stradner 1963
G. †Rhombolithion Black 1973
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†Rhombolithion rhombicum Stradner and Adamiker 1966
G. †Rotelapillus Noël 1973
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†Rotelapillus applegatei Covington 1994
†Rotelapillus biarcus Bukry 1969
†Rotelapillus crenulatus Stover 1966
†Rotelapillus laffittei Noël 1957
†Rotelapillus pleoseptatus de Kaenel and Bergen 1996
†Rotelapillus radians Noël 1973
G. †Stephanolithion Deflandre 1939
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†Stephanolithion atmetos Cooper 1987
†Stephanolithion bigotii Deflandre 1939
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†Stephanolithion brevispinus Wind and Wise 1988
†Stephanolithion helotatus Wind and Wise 1977
†Stephanolithion hexum Rood and Barnard 1972
†Stephanolithion octum Rood and Barnard 1972
†Stephanolithion speciosum Deflandre 1954
G. †Stoverius Perch-Nielsen 1986
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†Stoverius achylosus Stover 1966
G. †Stradnerlithus Black 1971
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†Stradnerlithus asymmetricus Rood and Hay 1971
†Stradnerlithus clatriatus Rood and Hay 1973
†Stradnerlithus comptus Black 1971
†Stradnerlithus fragilis Rood and Barnard 1972
†Stradnerlithus primitus Rood and Hay 1973
†Stradnerlithus silvaradius Filewicz and Wind 1977
Invalid names: Actinozygus Gartner 1968 [synonym], Diadozygus Rood et al. 1971 [synonym], Nodosella Rood et al. 1973 [synonym]
G. †Truncatoscaphus Rood et al. 1971
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†Truncatoscaphus delftensis Stradner et al. 1966
†Truncatoscaphus intermedius Perch-Nielsen 1986
†Truncatoscaphus senarius Wind and Wise 1977
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: base of the Middle Hettangian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 201.40000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (Alberta) Mitrolithus jansae, Mitrolithus elegans, Crucirhabdus primulus, Parhabdolithus liasicus (197630)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Late/Upper Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Morocco Calcivascularis jansae (205765 205777 205778) Calcivascularis jansae, Mitrolithus elegans, Parhabdolithus liasicus (205774) Mitrolithus elegans (205776) Mitrolithus lenticularis (205764) Mitrolithus lenticularis, Calcivascularis jansae, Crucirhabdus primulus, Parhabdolithus liasicus (205779) Mitrolithus lenticularis, Mitrolithus elegans, Crucirhabdus primulus (205769) Parhabdolithus robustus, Calcivascularis jansae, Crucirhabdus primulus, Parhabdolithus liasicus (205771) Parhabdolithus robustus, Calcivascularis jansae, Mitrolithus elegans, Parhabdolithus liasicus (205772)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Spain (Jaén) Mitrolithus lenticularis, Calcivascularis jansae (201754) Mitrolithus lenticularis, Calcivascularis jansae, Crucirhabdus primulus (201758) Parhabdolithus distinctus, Mitrolithus lenticularis, Calcivascularis jansae (201756 201759) Parhabdolithus distinctus, Mitrolithus lenticularis, Calcivascularis jansae, Crucirhabdus primulus (201752 201753) Parhabdolithus distinctus, Mitrolithus lenticularis, Calcivascularis jansae, Mitrolithus elegans, Crucirhabdus primulus (201755)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Spain (Jaén) Parhabdolithus distinctus, Mitrolithus lenticularis, Calcivascularis jansae (201666 201677 201685 201751) Parhabdolithus distinctus, Mitrolithus lenticularis, Calcivascularis jansae, Crucirhabdus primulus (201665 201668 201670 201671 201672 201673 201675) Parhabdolithus distinctus, Mitrolithus lenticularis, Calcivascularis jansae, Diductius constans, Crucirhabdus primulus (201669 201674 201676 201678 201750) Parhabdolithus distinctus, Mitrolithus lenticularis, Calcivascularis jansae, Mitrolithus elegans, Diductius constans (201667)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Spain (Murcia) Mitrolithus lenticularis (201796 201798 201800 201802 201803 201808)
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7Germany Crucirhabdus primulus (59430 59434)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Germany Parhabdolithus cavus, Crucirhabdus magnus (59449) Stradnerlithus humilis, Parhabdolithus cavus (59451) Stradnerlithus humilis, Parhabdolithus cavus, Crucirhabdus magnus (59453)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Stephanolithion bigoti (45541 47890)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Stephanolithion bigoti (58568)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Stephanolithion bigotii (154138)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Spain Umbria granulosa (64956 64960)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Germany Stradnerlithus sp., Stradnerlithus geometricus, Rotelapillus laffittei (50181)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4Slovakia Parhabdolithus sp. (2060 2061)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9South Atlantic Parhabdolithus embergeri (209782)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Tanzania (Lindi) Corollithion kennedyi (179883)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) Stephanolithion laffittei (71256)
Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Tanzania (Lindi) Corollithion kennedyi (179885)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Canada (Alberta) Parhabdolithus angustus, Stephanolithion laffittei (71353) Stephanolithion laffittei (71250 71252) Stephanolithion laffittei, Corollithion signum (71253)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Tanzania (Lindi) Corollithion kennedyi (179882)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes) Corollithion completum (178473)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Rio Negro) Stradnerlithus geometricus (237645)