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Micula decussata (coccolithophore)

Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae

Taxonomy
Micula decussata was named by Vekshina (1959). It is not extant. It is the type species of Micula.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Micula decussata Vekshina

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
RankNameAuthor
orderBraarudosphaerales
familyPolycyclolithaceaeForchheimer 1972
genusMicula
speciesdecussataVekshina 1959

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 decussata Vekshina 1959 [coccolithophore]
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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 Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes) Micula decussata (178473)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Micula decussata (232654 232657 232660)