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Calciosolenia fossilis

Coccolithophyceae - Syracosphaerales - Calciosoleniaceae

Taxonomy
Scapholithus fossilis was named by Deflandre (1954) [JS]. It is not extant. It is the type species of Scapholithus.

It was recombined as Calciosolenia fossilis by Bown (1998) and Bown (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. aperta, C. brasiliensis, C. murrayi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Scapholithus fossilis Deflandre
1998Calciosolenia fossilis Bown
2000Calciosolenia fossilis Bown

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
RankNameAuthor
orderSyracosphaeralesHay 1977
familyCalciosoleniaceae
genusCalciosoleniaGran 1912
speciesfossilis(Deflandre 1954)

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.

†Calciosolenia fossilis Deflandre 1954
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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 Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.71000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0Indian Ocean Calciosolenia fossilis (252601)
Priabonian - Rupelian37.71 - 27.3North Pacific Calciosolenia fossilis (242954)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indian Ocean Calciosolenia fossilis (249847)
NN109.6 - 8.25Indian Ocean Calciosolenia fossilis (259395)
NN163.75 - 2.5Indian Ocean Calciosolenia fossilis (251073 251083)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indian Ocean Calciosolenia fossilis (249797 255549)
NN191.9 - 0.42Indian Ocean Calciosolenia fossilis (247833 247840 257114)
NN19 - NN201.9 - 0.29Indian Ocean Calciosolenia fossilis (247821)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Indian Ocean Calciosolenia fossilis (249781 249783 249784 249785 249786 249788 249789 255537 255538 255540 255542 255544)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Indian Ocean Calciosolenia fossilis (249780)
NN200.42 - 0.29Indian Ocean Calciosolenia fossilis (247807 259354)
NN20 - NN210.42 - 0.0Indian Ocean Calciosolenia fossilis (247803)
NN210.29 - 0.0Indian Ocean Calciosolenia fossilis (247799 257099 257100)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indian Ocean Calciosolenia fossilis (249767 249768 249769 249770 249771 249772 249773 249774 249776 249778 255532 255533 255534 255536)