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Aspidolithus

Coccolithophyceae - Arkhangelskiales - Arkhangelskiellaceae

Taxonomy
Aspidolithus was named by Noël (1969).

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

Species lacking formal opinion data
A. parcus, A. parcus, A. signatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Aspidolithus Noël
1997Aspidolithus Bown and Young

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
orderArkhangelskialesBown and Hampton 1997
familyArkhangelskiellaceaeBukry 1969
genusAspidolithusNoël 1969

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. †Aspidolithus Noël 1969
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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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium A. parcus (118459)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes) A. parcus, A. signatus (178473)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Alabama) A. parcus (207057)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Israel (Southern District) A. parcus (220176)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) A. parcus (46559)