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Lotharingius crucicentralis

Coccolithophyceae - Watznaueriales - Watznaueriaceae

Taxonomy
Ellipsagelosphaera crucicentralis was named by Medd (1971) [JS].

It was recombined as Lotharingius crucicentralis by Grün and Zweili (1980), Bown (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. frodoi, L. haufforum, L. haufii, L. umbriensis
Entered
by P. Bown on 2006-10-17

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Ellipsagelosphaera crucicentralis Medd
1980Lotharingius crucicentralis Grün and Zweili
1998Lotharingius crucicentralis Bown

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
—Hacrobia
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
RankNameAuthor
orderWatznauerialesBown 1987
familyWatznaueriaceae
genusLotharingiusNoel 1973
speciescrucicentralis(Medd 1971)

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.

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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 Pliensbachian to the top of the Late/Upper Toarcian or 192.90000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Spain (Jaén) Lotharingius crucicentralis (201753 201754 201755)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain (Granada) Lotharingius crucicentralis (199494)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Spain (Jaén) Lotharingius crucicentralis (201665 201666 201667 201668 201669 201670 201671 201672 201673 201674 201676 201677 201685)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Spain (Murcia) Lotharingius crucicentralis (201764 201765 201766 201768 201769 201770 201775 201776 201779 201781 201789 201790 201794)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Spain (Murcia) Lotharingius crucicentralis (201796 201798 201799 201801 201804)
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7Germany Lotharingius crucicentralis (59430 59434)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Spain (Granada) Lotharingius crucicentralis (199164 199165 199166 199167 199168 199169 199171 199172 199173 199177 199181 199187 199195 199229 199231 199235 199247 199248 199253 199487 199488 199490 199491 199492 199493 199495 199496 201880 201948 202097 202100 202107 202109)