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Uniplanarius

Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae

Taxonomy
Uniplanarius was named by Hattner and Wise (1980). Its type is Tetralithus gothicus.

It was assigned to Polycyclolithaceae by Bown and Young (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Uniplanarius Hattner and Wise
1997Uniplanarius Bown and Young

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
orderBraarudosphaerales
familyPolycyclolithaceaeForchheimer 1972
genusUniplanariusHattner and Wise 1980

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. †Uniplanarius Hattner and Wise 1980
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†Uniplanarius clarkei Lees and Bown 2005
†Uniplanarius gothicus Deflandre 1959
†Uniplanarius sissinghii Perch-Nielsen 1986
†Uniplanarius trifidus 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 Toarcian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 182.70000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Saudi Arabia Tetralithus gothicus (45089)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Saudi Arabia Tetralithus gothicus (45265)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia Tetralithus gothicus (45464 45519)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia Tetralithus gothicus (45541 45547 45549 45558)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) U. gothicus (236900)
Early/Lower Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Tanzania (Lindi) U. trifidus, U. sissinghii (179317)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Romania U. trifidus (155181)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Tanzania (Lindi) U. trifidus, U. sissinghii (179879)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium U. sissinghii (118459)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Israel (Southern District) U. sissinghii (220176)