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Staurolithites

Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Chiastozygaceae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Staurolithites Caratini
1963Vekshinella Loeblich and Tappan
1969Vagalapilla Bukry
1973Staurorhabdus Noël
1997Staurolithites Bown and Young

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
orderEiffellithalesRood et al. 1971
familyChiastozygaceaeRood et al. 1973
genusStaurolithitesCaratini 1963

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. †Staurolithites Caratini 1963
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†Staurolithites aenigma Burnett 1998
†Staurolithites angustus Stover 1966
†Staurolithites crux Deflandre and Fert 1954
†Staurolithites dorfii Bukry 1969
†Staurolithites ellipticus Gartner 1968
†Staurolithites flavus Burnett 1998
†Staurolithites glaber Jeremiah 1996
†Staurolithites imbricatus Gartner 1968
†Staurolithites integer Bukry 1969
†Staurolithites laffittei Caratini 1963
†Staurolithites lumina Bown 1998
†Staurolithites minutus Burnett 1998
†Staurolithites mitcheneri Applegate and Bergen 1998
†Staurolithites parma Wind and Wise 1977
†Staurolithites rotatus Jeremiah 1996
†Staurolithites stradneri Rood and Hay 1971
†Staurolithites zoensis Burnett 1998
Invalid names: Staurorhabdus Noël 1973 [synonym], Vagalapilla Bukry 1969 [synonym], Vekshinella Loeblich and Tappan 1963 [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 Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Danian or 180.40000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Germany Vagalapilla quadriarculla (59449 59451)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Vekshinella quadriarculla (58568)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia Vekshinella stradneri (45896)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5North Pacific S. siesseri (267538) S. sp. (266035 266036 266037 266038 266039 267541) S. sp., S. siesseri (266040 267537 267539)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0North Pacific S. sp. (260883)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) S. laffittei (236900)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Germany S. crux (50181)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Indian Ocean S. angustus (257060 257061 257062 257063 257064) S. gausorhethium (257067 257068) S. mutterlosei, S. gausorhethium (257066)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Indian Ocean S. mutterlosei (257056)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Indian Ocean S. angustus (257054) S. mutterlosei (257055)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Tanzania (Lindi) S. gausorhethium (179316)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Tanzania (Lindi) S. gausorhethium (179883)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) Vagalapilla matalosa (71255)
Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Tanzania (Lindi) S. gausorhethium (179885)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Canada (Alberta) Vagalapilla matalosa (71250 71252 71253 71254 71353)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Tanzania (Lindi) S. gausorhethium (179882)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Indian Ocean S. spp. (250832 250838 250841 250842 250845 250846 250847 250848 250849 250851 250852 250853 250862 250863 250864 250865 250867 250868 250869 250870 250871)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Indian Ocean S. flavus (250819 250820 250821) S. spp. (250824)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Indian Ocean S. flavus (250806 250807) S. spp. (250809 250810 250813 250817) S. spp., S. flavus (250808)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Indian Ocean S. spp. (250805)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Argentina (Buenos Aires) S. zoensis (236901)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes) Vekshinella aachena (178473)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2South Atlantic S. crux (237071) S. zoensis (237070)
CC2375.8 - 72.2Indian Ocean S. spp. (247015 247016)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) S. crux (236602) S. parma (231295)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Vekshinella stradneri (232657 232660)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) S. crux (232048)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0South Atlantic S. zoensis (237064)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Rio Negro) S. laffittei (237645 237646 237647 237649 237650) S. laffittei, S. flavus (237078 237648)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) S. sp. (172887)