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Rhagodiscus

Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Rhagodiscaceae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Rhagodiscus Reinhardt
1971Mitosia Worsley
1997Rhagodiscus Bown and Young

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
Hacrobia
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
RankNameAuthor
orderEiffellithalesRood et al. 1971
familyRhagodiscaceaeHay 1977
genusRhagodiscusReinhardt 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. †Rhagodiscus Reinhardt 1967
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Rhagodiscus amplus Bown 2005
Rhagodiscus angustus Stradner 1963
Rhagodiscus asper Stradner 1963
Rhagodiscus cepekii Crux 1987
Rhagodiscus dekaenelii Bergen 1994
Rhagodiscus gallagheri Rutledge and Bown 1996
Rhagodiscus indistinctus Burnett 1998
Rhagodiscus infinitus Worsley et al. 1971
Rhagodiscus nebulosus Bralower 1989
Rhagodiscus plebeius Perch-Nielsen 1968
Rhagodiscus reniformis Perch-Nielsen 1973
Rhagodiscus robustus Bown 2005
Rhagodiscus sageri Bown 2005
Rhagodiscus splendens Deflandre 1953
Invalid names: Mitosia Worsley 1971 [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: base of the Early/Lower Hauterivian to the top of the Miocene or 132.60000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5North Pacific R. robustus, R. asper (266041)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0North Pacific R. asper (260882)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) R. angustus (236900)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Germany R. sp., R. asper (50181)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Indian Ocean R. asper (257072)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2North Pacific R. robustus (262915)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Indian Ocean R. angustus (258627) R. asper (257058 257059 257061 257062 257063 257064 257065 257066 257070 258626)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Indian Ocean R. angustus (258622)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Indian Ocean R. asper (257053)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Austria (Salzkammergut) R. angustus (142308)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Indian Ocean R. achylostaurion (250848 250866 250872) R. achylostaurion, R. angustus (250851 250852 250853 250864 250865) R. angustus (250843 250863 250867 250868 250870)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Indian Ocean R. angustus (250819)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Indian Ocean R. angustus (250807 250808)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes) R. reniformis (178473)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) R. angustus (232657)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) R. splendens (232048)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Rio Negro) R. reniformis (240429) R. reniformis, R. angustus (240425 240426 240427 240428 240430)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) R. angustus (236899)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Rio Negro) R. angustus (237078 237645 237646 237647 237648 237649 237650)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0South Atlantic R. asper (237064) R. splendens (237067)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Rio Negro) R. reniformis (240431)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Pacific R. indistinctus (262905)