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Chiasmolithus

Coccolithophyceae - Coccolithales - Coccolithaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Chiasmolithus Hay et al.
1997Chiasmolithus Young and Bown

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
orderCoccolithales
familyCoccolithaceae
genusChiasmolithus

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.

G. †Chiasmolithus Hay et al. 1966
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†Chiasmolithus bidens Bramlette and Sullivan 1961
†Chiasmolithus consuetus Bramlette and Sullivan 1961
†Chiasmolithus danicus Hay and Mohler 1967
†Chiasmolithus eograndis Perch-Nielsen 1971
†Chiasmolithus expansus Bramlette and Sullivan 1961
†Chiasmolithus grandis Bramlette and Riedel 1954
†Chiasmolithus modestus Perch-Nielsen 1971
†Chiasmolithus oamaruensis Deflandre 1954
†Chiasmolithus solitus Bramlette and Sullivan 1961
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 Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Priabonian or 66.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. consuetus, C. danicus (232042) C. danicus (232043 232044 232045 232046)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Missouri) C. consuetus (231964)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0New Zealand C. bidens (68822)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) C. bidens (152240)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Georgia) C. titus, C. modestus, C. solitus (4868)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine (Luhansk) C. solitus (232266)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Jordan C. grandis, C. oamaruensis (32899)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Namibia (Sperrgebiet) C. sp. (149316)