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Sollasites

Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Biscutaceae

Taxonomy
Sollasites was named by Black (1967). Its type is Coccolithus horticus.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Sollasites Black
1969Costacentrum Bukry
1997Sollasites Bown and Young

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
orderPodorhabdalesRood et al. 1971
familyBiscutaceaeBlack 1971
genusSollasitesBlack 1967

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. †Sollasites Black 1967
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†Sollasites arctus Noël 1973
†Sollasites arcuatus Black 1971
†Sollasites concentricus Rood et al. 1971
†Sollasites falklandensis Filewicz et al. 1977
†Sollasites horticus Stradner and Adamiker 1966
†Sollasites lowei Bukry et al. 1969
Invalid names: Costacentrum Bukry 1969 [synonym]
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: Early/Lower Hauterivian or 136.40000 to 130.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Germany S. sp., S. horticus (50181)