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Braarudosphaera bigelowii

Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaeraceae

Taxonomy
Pontosphaera bigelowii was named by Gran and Braarud (1935) [misidentification].

It was recombined as Braarudosphaera bigelowii by Deflandre (1947), Bown (1998), Pérez Panera (2013) and Estebenet et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Pontosphaera bigelowii Gran and Braarud
1947Braarudosphaera bigelowii Deflandre
1998Braarudosphaera bigelowii Bown
2013Braarudosphaera bigelowii Pérez Panera
2021Braarudosphaera bigelowii Estebenet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
RankNameAuthor
subclassPrymnesiophycidaeCavalier-Smith 1986
familyBraarudosphaeraceaeDeflandre 1947
genusBraarudosphaeraDeflandre 1947
speciesbigelowii(Gran and Braarud 1935)

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.

†Braarudosphaera bigelowii Gran and Braarud 1935
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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 Middle Turonian to the top of the Gelasian or 93.50000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Canada (Alberta) Braarudosphaera bigelowii (71250 71254)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Austria (Salzkammergut) Braarudosphaera bigelowii (142308)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes) Braarudosphaera bigelowii (178473)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Braarudosphaera bigelowii (236602)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Rio Negro) Braarudosphaera bigelowii (237645)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Braarudosphaera bigelowii (231295)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Argentina (Santa Cruz) Braarudosphaera bigelowii (232045 232046)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Braarudosphaera bigelowii (236645)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) Braarudosphaera bigelowii (152240)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Georgia) Braarudosphaera bigelowii (4868)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Braarudosphaera bigelowii (68021)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Braarudosphaera bigelowii (111542)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia Braarudosphaera bigelowii (145938)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovakia Braarudosphaera bigelowii (145974)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ireland Braarudosphaera bigelowii (152368)