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Corollithion

Coccolithophyceae - Stephanolithiales - Stephanolithiaceae

Taxonomy

Corollithion was named by Stradner (1961). Its type is Corollithion exiguum.

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

Species

C. acutum, C. completum, C. ellipticum, C. exiguum (type species), C. fractum, C. kennedyi, C. madagaskarensis, C. protosignum, C. signum

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1961	Corollithion Stradner
1997	Corollithion Bown and Young

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Rank	Name	Author
—	Life
—	Eukaryota	()
—	Chromalveolata
phylum	Haptophyta	Hibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986

Rank	Name	Author
class	Coccolithophyceae
order	Stephanolithiales
family	Stephanolithiaceae	Black 1968
genus	Corollithion	Stradner 1961

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. †Corollithion Stradner 1961

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†Corollithion acutum Thierstein 1972

†Corollithion completum Perch-Nielsen 1973

†Corollithion ellipticum Bukry 1969

†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

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 Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 99.60000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Tanzania (Lindi)	C. kennedyi (179883)
Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian	99.6 - 89.3	Tanzania (Lindi)	C. kennedyi (179885)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Canada (Alberta)	C. signum (71253)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Tanzania (Lindi)	C. kennedyi (179882)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	France (Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes)	C. completum (178473)