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Cruciplacolithus

Coccolithophyceae

Taxonomy
Cruciplacolithus was named by Hay and Mohler (1927).

It was assigned to Prymnesiophycidae by Perch-Nielsen (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Cruciplacolithus Hay and Mohler
1985Cruciplacolithus Perch-Nielsen

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
subclassPrymnesiophycidaeCavalier-Smith 1986
genusCruciplacolithusHay and Mohler 1927

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. †Cruciplacolithus Hay and Mohler 1927
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†Cruciplacolithus primus Perch-Nielsen 1977
†Cruciplacolithus staurion Bramlette and Sullivan 1961
†Cruciplacolithus tenuis Stradner 1961
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 Campanian to the top of the Rupelian or 83.60000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) C. tenuis (236900)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Argentina (Buenos Aires) C. primus (236901)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) C. sp., C. primus (236899)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) C. primus (172887 236767) C. primus, C. tenuis (236766)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Missouri) C. tenuis (231964 232026)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. primus (237043 237045)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Buenos Aires) C. edwardsii, C. primus, C. tenuis (236645) C. sp., C. primus, C. tenuis (236898)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. edwardsii (232042) C. edwardsii, C. primus (232046) C. edwardsii, C. primus, C. tenuis (232045) C. primus (232044)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. tenuis (237044)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. primus (237046)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) C. delus, C. staurion (206538 206539 206540)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) C. sp. (68021)