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Micula concava

Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae

Taxonomy
Nannotetraster concava was named by Stradner (1960). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Micula concava by Verbeek (1976), Bown (1998), González Estebenet et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Nannotetraster concava Stradner
1976Micula concava Verbeek
1998Micula concava Bown
2021Micula concava González Estebenet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
RankNameAuthor
orderBraarudosphaerales
familyPolycyclolithaceaeForchheimer 1972
genusMicula
speciesconcava(Stradner 1960)

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.

†Micula concava Stradner 1960
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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 Campanian to the top of the Danian or 83.60000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Micula concava (236900)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Argentina (Buenos Aires) Micula concava (236901)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2South Atlantic Micula concava (237070)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0South Atlantic Micula concava (237069)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Micula concava (231295)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Micula concava (232047 232048 232049)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Micula concava (236899)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Rio Negro) Micula concava (237078 237645 237646 237647 237648 237649 237650 237652 237653)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0South Atlantic Micula concava (236646 237064 237065 237066 237067 237068)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Buenos Aires) Micula concava (236898)
Danian66.0 - 61.66South Atlantic Micula concava (236645)