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Uniplanarius gothicus

Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae

Taxonomy
Tetralithus gothicus was named by Deflandre (1959). It is the type species of Uniplanarius.

It was recombined as Uniplanarius gothicus by Hattner and Wise (1980), Bown (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Tetralithus gothicus Deflandre
1980Uniplanarius gothicus Hattner and Wise
1998Uniplanarius gothicus Bown

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
RankNameAuthor
orderBraarudosphaerales
familyPolycyclolithaceaeForchheimer 1972
genusUniplanariusHattner and Wise 1980
speciesgothicus(Deflandre 1959)

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.

†Uniplanarius gothicus Deflandre 1959
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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: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Miocene or 184.20000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Saudi Arabia Tetralithus gothicus (45089)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Saudi Arabia Tetralithus gothicus (45265)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Tetralithus gothicus (45464 45519)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Tetralithus gothicus (45541 45547 45549 45558)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Uniplanarius gothicus (236900)
Helvetoglobotruncana helvetica93.0 - 90.7North Pacific Uniplanarius gothicus (262912)
Dicarinella asymetrica - Globotruncanita elevata85.4 - 79.5North Pacific Uniplanarius gothicus (262906 262907 262910)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2North Atlantic Uniplanarius gothicus (268466)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Indian Ocean Uniplanarius gothicus (254900)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Pacific Uniplanarius gothicus (262905)