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Operculodinium centrocarpum

Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae

Taxonomy
Operculodinium centrocarpum was named by Wall (1967). It is a 3D fossil preserving soft parts.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Operculodinium centrocarpum Wall

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RankNameAuthor
phylumMyzozoa
subphylumDinozoa
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
RankNameAuthor
orderGonyaulacales
familyGonyaulacaceae
genusOperculodinium
speciescentrocarpumWall 1967

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
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 70.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Operculodinium centrocarpum (149981 232648 232649)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Operculodinium centrocarpum (144141 151628 151630 151632 151636)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Operculodinium centrocarpum (142322 142323 142324 142329 142330 142331)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Azerbaijan Operculodinium centrocarpum (116623 116633)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Operculodinium centrocarpum (144139 144140 151626)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Operculodinium centrocarpum (142224)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (New south wales) Operculodinium centrocarpum (168995 168996 168997 168999 169003)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Operculodinium centrocarpum (55396)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Belgium (Campine Area) Operculodinium centrocarpum (122028)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Operculodinium centrocarpum (59003)
Ionian (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Italy (Apulia) Operculodinium centrocarpum (157640)
Ionian - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Apulia) Operculodinium centrocarpum (157642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Quebec) Operculodinium centrocarpum (116551)