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Nannoconus

Coccolithophyceae - Nannoconaceae

Taxonomy

Nannoconus was named by Kamptner (1931) [Sepkoski's age data: J u K u]. It is not extant. Its type is Nannoconus steinmannii.

It was assigned to Coccolithophorales by Andrews (1970); to Nannoconaceae by Bown and Young (1997); and to Problematica by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1931	Nannoconus Kamptner
1970	Nannoconus Andrews
1997	Nannoconus Bown and Young
2002	Nannoconus Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
—	Life
—	Eukaryota	()
—	Chromalveolata
phylum	Haptophyta	Hibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986

Rank	Name	Author
class	Coccolithophyceae
subclass	Prymnesiophycidae	Cavalier-Smith 1986
family	Nannoconaceae	Deflandre 1959
genus	Nannoconus	Kamptner 1931

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. †Nannoconus Kamptner 1931

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†Nannoconus abundans Stradner and Grün 1973

†Nannoconus borealis Perch-Nielsen 1979

†Nannoconus bucheri Brönnimann 1955

†Nannoconus circularis Deres and Achéritéguy 1980

†Nannoconus compressus Bralower and Thierstein 1989

†Nannoconus cornuta Deres and Achéritéguy 1980

†Nannoconus dauvillieri Deflandre and Deflandre 1959

†Nannoconus dislocatus Perch-Nielsen 1988

†Nannoconus elongatus Brönnimann 1955

†Nannoconus farinacciae Bukry 1969

†Nannoconus inornatus Rutledge and Bown 1996

†Nannoconus kamptneri Brönnimann 1955

†Nannoconus kamptneri kamptneri Brönnimann 1955

†Nannoconus kamptneri minor Bralower 1989

†Nannoconus ligius Applegate and Bergen 1988

†Nannoconus minutus Brönnimann 1955

†Nannoconus multicadus Deflandre and Deflandre 1959

†Nannoconus oviformis Perch-Nielsen 1988

†Nannoconus pseudoseptentrionalis Rutledge and Bown 1996

†Nannoconus quadriangulus Deflandre and Deflandre 1967

†Nannoconus quadriangulus quadriangulus Deflandre and Deflandre 1967

†Nannoconus quadriangulus apertus Deflandre and Deflandre 1967

†Nannoconus quadricanalis Bown and Concheyro 2004

†Nannoconus regularis Deres and Achéritéguy 1980

†Nannoconus steinmannii Kamptner 1931

†Nannoconus steinmannii minor Deres and Achéritéguy 1980

†Nannoconus steinmannii steinmannii Kamptner 1931

†Nannoconus truittii Brönnimann 1955

†Nannoconus truittii frequens Brönnimann 1955

†Nannoconus truittii rectangularis Deres and Achéritéguy 1980

†Nannoconus truittii truittii Deres and Achéritéguy 1980

†Nannoconus vocontiensis Deres and Achéritéguy 1980

†Nannoconus wassallii Brönnimann 1955

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 Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 136.40000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian	136.4 - 130.0	Germany	N. sp. (50181)
Aptian	125.0 - 113.0	Spain (Granada)	N. truittii (50395 50396 50398 50399)
Middle Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Austria (Salzkammergut)	N. elongatus (142308)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	France (Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes)	N. elongatus (178473)