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Chiastozygaceae

Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Chiastozygaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Chiastozygaceae Rood et al.
1997Chiastozygaceae Bown and Young

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
orderEiffellithalesRood et al. 1971
familyChiastozygaceaeRood et al. 1973
familyChiastozygaceaeRood et al. 1973

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.

Fm. †Chiastozygaceae Rood et al. 1973
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G. †Ahmuellerella Reinhardt 1964
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†Ahmuellerella regularis Górka 1957
G. †Amphizygus Bukry 1969
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†Amphizygus brooksii Bukry 1969
†Amphizygus minimus Bukry 1969
G. †Archaeozygodiscus Bown 1985
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G. †Bownia Varol and Girgis 1994
G. †Bukrylithus Black 1971
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†Bukrylithus ambiguus Black 1971
G. †Chiastozygus Gartner 1968
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†Chiastozygus amphipons Bramlette and Martini 1964
†Chiastozygus antiquus Perch-Nielsen 1973
†Chiastozygus bifarius Bukry 1969
†Chiastozygus litterarius Górka 1957
†Chiastozygus spissus Bergen 1998
†Chiastozygus stylesii Burnett 1998
†Chiastozygus tenuis Black 1971
†Chiastozygus trabalis Górka 1957
†Chiastozygus ultimus Perch-Nielsen 1981
G. †Clepsilithus Crux 1987
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†Clepsilithus maculosus Rutledge and Bown 1996
†Clepsilithus meniscus de Kaenel and Bergen 1996
G. †Crepidolithus Noël 1965
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†Crepidolithus crassus Deflandre 1954
†Crepidolithus impontus Grün et al. 1974
†Crepidolithus parvulus de Kaenel and Bergen 1996
†Crepidolithus timorensis Krystan-Tollmann 1988
Invalid names: Millbrookia Medd 1979 [synonym], Timorhabdus Krystan-Tollmann 1988 [synonym]
G. †Diadorhombus Worsley 1971
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†Diadorhombus rectus Worsley 1971
G. †Gorkaea Varol and Girgis 1994
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†Gorkaea obliqueclausus Varol 1991
†Gorkaea operio Varol and Girgis 1984
†Gorkaea pseudanthophorus Bramlette and Martini 1964
G. †Heteromarginatus Bukry 1969
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G. †Jakubowskia Varol 1989
G. †Loxolithus Noël 1965
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†Loxolithus armilla Black 1959
G. †Misceomarginatus Wind and Wise 1977
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†Misceomarginatus pleniporus Wind and Wise 1977
G. †Monomarginatus Wind and Wise 1977
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†Monomarginatus pectinatus Wind and Wise 1977
†Monomarginatus quaternarius Wind and Wise 1977
G. †Neocrepidolithus Romein 1979
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†Neocrepidolithus cohenii Perch-Nielsen 1968
†Neocrepidolithus cruciatus Perch-Nielsen 1979
†Neocrepidolithus dirimosus Perch-Nielsen 1979
†Neocrepidolithus fossus Romein 1977
†Neocrepidolithus neocrassus Perch-Nielsen 1968
†Neocrepidolithus watkinsii Pospichal and Wise 1990
G. †Placozygus Hoffman 1970
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†Placozygus fibuliformis Reinhardt 1964
†Placozygus sigmoides Romein 1979
G. †Reinhardtites Perch-Nielsen 1968
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†Reinhardtites anthophorus Deflandre 1959
†Reinhardtites levis Prins and Sissingh 1977
G. †Retemediaformis Varol 1991
G. †Rhabdophidites Manivit 1971
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†Rhabdophidites parallelus Wind and Cepek 1979
Invalid names: Rhabdolekiscus Hill 1976 [synonym]
G. †Staurolithites Caratini 1963
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†Staurolithites aenigma Burnett 1998
†Staurolithites angustus Stover 1966
†Staurolithites crux Deflandre and Fert 1954
†Staurolithites dorfii Bukry 1969
†Staurolithites ellipticus Gartner 1968
†Staurolithites flavus Burnett 1998
†Staurolithites glaber Jeremiah 1996
†Staurolithites imbricatus Gartner 1968
†Staurolithites integer Bukry 1969
†Staurolithites laffittei Caratini 1963
†Staurolithites lumina Bown 1998
†Staurolithites minutus Burnett 1998
†Staurolithites mitcheneri Applegate and Bergen 1998
†Staurolithites parma Wind and Wise 1977
†Staurolithites rotatus Jeremiah 1996
†Staurolithites stradneri Rood and Hay 1971
†Staurolithites zoensis Burnett 1998
Invalid names: Staurorhabdus Noël 1973 [synonym], Vagalapilla Bukry 1969 [synonym], Vekshinella Loeblich and Tappan 1963 [synonym]
G. †Tranolithus Stover 1966
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†Tranolithus gabalus Stover 1966
†Tranolithus incus de Kaenel and Bergen 1996
†Tranolithus macleodiae Bukry 1969
†Tranolithus minimus Bukry 1969
†Tranolithus orionatus Reinhardt 1966
G. †Tubirhabdus Rood et al. 1973
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†Tubirhabdus patulus Rood et al. 1973
G. †Zeugrhabdotus Reinhardt 1965
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†Zeugrhabdotus clarus Bown 2005
†Zeugrhabdotus cooperi Bown 1992
†Zeugrhabdotus diplogrammus Deflandre 1954
†Zeugrhabdotus erectus Deflandre 1954
†Zeugrhabdotus fissus Grün and Zweili 1980
†Zeugrhabdotus noeliae Rood et al. 1971
†Zeugrhabdotus scutula Bergen 1994
†Zeugrhabdotus sigmoides Bramlette and Sullivan 1961
†Zeugrhabdotus spiralis Bramlette and Martini 1964
†Zeugrhabdotus trivectis Bergen 1994
†Zeugrhabdotus xenotus Stover 1996
Invalid names: Glaukolithus Reinhardt 1964 [synonym]
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 Middle Hettangian to the top of the Selandian or 201.30000 to 59.20000 Ma

Collections (207 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Canada (Alberta) Crepidolithus crassus, Tubirhabdus patulus (197630)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Late/Upper Pliensbachian196.5 - 183.0Morocco Crepidolithus crassus (205771 205778) Crepidolithus crassus, Tubirhabdus patulus (205769)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Spain (Jaén) Crepidolithus cavus, Crepidolithus granulatus, Crepidolithus crassus, Tubirhabdus patulus (201758 201759) Crepidolithus crucifer, Crepidolithus cavus, Crepidolithus granulatus, Crepidolithus crassus, Tubirhabdus patulus (201752 201753 201755) Crepidolithus crucifer, Crepidolithus granulatus, Crepidolithus crassus, Tubirhabdus patulus (201754 201756)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Granada) Crepidolithus crassus, Tubirhabdus patulus (199494)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Spain (Murcia) Crepidolithus crassus (201765 201766 201770 201772 201775 201776 201778 201779 201792) Crepidolithus crassus, Tubirhabdus patulus (201764 201769 201773 201777 201780 201781 201782 201783 201787 201788 201789 201791 201793 201794) Crepidolithus crassus, Zeugrhabdotus erectus (201768 201771) Crepidolithus crassus, Zeugrhabdotus erectus, Tubirhabdus patulus (201790)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Spain (Jaén) Crepidolithus cavus, Crepidolithus crucifer, Crepidolithus granulatus, Crepidolithus crassus, Tubirhabdus patulus (201668) Crepidolithus crucifer, Crepidolithus crassus, Tubirhabdus patulus (201673 201675) Crepidolithus crucifer, Crepidolithus granulatus, Crepidolithus crassus, Tubirhabdus patulus (201665 201666 201667 201669 201670 201671 201672 201674 201676 201678 201685 201750 201751) Crepidolithus granulatus, Crepidolithus crassus, Tubirhabdus patulus (201677)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6Germany Crepidolithus crassus (59430 59434)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Spain (Murcia) Crepidolithus crassus (201796 201799 201802 201804 201805 201806 201807 201809 201813) Crepidolithus crassus, Tubirhabdus patulus (201795 201797 201798 201800 201801 201803 201808 201810 201811 201812)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Spain (Granada) Crepidolithus crassus (199181 199231 199235 201880 202098 202099 202100 202103 202104 202105 202106 202108 202109 202110 202111 202112 202113 202116 202117) Crepidolithus crassus, Tubirhabdus patulus (199164 199168 199169 199172 199173 199187 199195 199198 199248 199487 199491 199492 199493 199495 199496 201948 202097 202101 202107 202114 202115) Crepidolithus crassus, Zeugrhabdotus erectus (199167 199253) Crepidolithus crassus, Zeugrhabdotus erectus, Tubirhabdus patulus (199165 199166 199171 199177 199229 199247 199488 199490)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Germany Crepidolithus crassus (59454) Vagalapilla quadriarculla, Zeugrhabdotus choffatii, Crepidolithus crassus, Zeugrhabdotus erectus, Tubirhabdus patulus (59451) Vagalapilla quadriarculla, Zeugrhabdotus choffatii, Zeugrhabdotus sp. 1, Zeugrhabdotus sp. 2, Crepidolithus crassus, Zeugrhabdotus erectus, Tubirhabdus patulus (59449) Zeugrhabdotus choffatii, Crepidolithus crassus, Zeugrhabdotus erectus, Tubirhabdus patulus (59453)
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Germany Crepidolithus crassus (59457)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia Zeugrhabdotus erectus (45541 47890)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia Vekshinella stradneri (45896)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Vekshinella quadriarculla, Crepidolithus perforatus (58568)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Zeugrhabdotus sp. (154138)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Chiastozygus synquadriperforatus, Chiastozygus antiquus, Staurolithites laffittei, Ahmuellerella regularis, Ahmuellerella octoradiata, Placozygus sigmoides (236900)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Germany Zeugrhabdotus sp., Chiastozygus tenuis, Zeugrhabdotus erectus, Zeugrhabdotus diplogrammus, Tranolithus gabalus, Staurolithites crux, Bukrylithus ambiguus (50181)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Spain (Granada) Chiastozygus litterarius (50373 50374 50375 50376 50382 50384 50385 50386)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Spain (Granada) Chiastozygus litterarius (50393)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9South Atlantic Loxolithus armilla (209782)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Tanzania (Lindi) Staurolithites gausorhethium (179316)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Tanzania (Lindi) Staurolithites gausorhethium (179883)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Alberta) Ahmuellerella octoradiata (71256) Vagalapilla matalosa (71255)
Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) Staurolithites gausorhethium (179885)
Early/Lower Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) Zeugrhabdotus biperforatus (179314)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) Staurolithites gausorhethium (179882)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Canada (Alberta) Vagalapilla matalosa (71254) Vagalapilla matalosa, Ahmuellerella octoradiata (71253) Vagalapilla matalosa, Chiastozygus cuneatus, Chiastozygus plicatus, Ahmuellerella octoradiata (71353) Vagalapilla matalosa, Chiastozygus plicatus (71250) Vagalapilla matalosa, Chiastozygus plicatus, Ahmuellerella octoradiata (71252)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Austria (Salzkammergut) Zeugrhabdotus embergerii, Zeugrhabdotus noeliae, Zeugrhabdotus diplogrammus, Amphizygus brooksii (142308)
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Georgia) Reinhardtites anthophorus (35289)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Argentina (Buenos Aires) Chiastozygus synquadriperforatus, Zeugrhabdotus erectus, Reinhardtites anthophorus, Staurolithites zoensis (236901)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes) Vekshinella aachena, Zeugrhabdotus elegans, Tranolithus exiguus, Tranolithus phacelosus, Amphizygus brooksi, Chiastozygus trabalis, Zygodiscus spiralis, Reinhardtites levis, Amphizygus minimus, Ahmuellerella regularis, Placozygus sigmoides (178473)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Chiastozygus bifarius, Reinhardtites anthophorus, Amphizygus brooksii, Staurolithites zoensis (237070) Chiastozygus trabalis, Chiastozygus synquadriperforatus, Chiastozygus bifarius, Reinhardtites anthophorus, Amphizygus brooksii, Staurolithites crux (237071)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alabama) Tranolithus phacelosus, Reinhardtites anthophorous, Reinhardtites levis (207057)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium Tranolithus phacelosus, Ahmuellerella octoradiata (118459)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Romania Tranolithus orionatus, Reinhardtites anthophorus, Ahmuellerella octoradiata (155181)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Israel (Southern District) Reinhardtites levis, Reinhardtites anthophorus, Misceomarginatus pleniporus, Ahmuellerella regularis (220176)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Chiastozygus synquadriperforatus, Reinhardtites anthophorus, Ahmuellerella octoradiata (237069)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Staurolithites crux (236602)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Amphizygus brooksii (237065) Chiastozygus antiquus, Amphizygus brooksii (237067) Chiastozygus synquadriperforatus (236646) Chiastozygus synquadriperforatus, Amphizygus brooksii (237066) Chiastozygus synquadriperforatus, Amphizygus brooksii, Staurolithites zoensis, Ahmuellerella octoradiata (237064) Placozygus spiralis, Chiastozygus synquadriperforatus, Chiastozygus litterarius, Placozygus fibuliformis, Ahmuellerella regularis, Ahmuellerella octoradiata, Placozygus sigmoides (236899)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Rio Negro) Bukrylithus ambiguus, Placozygus sigmoides (237653) Chiastozygus litterarius, Ahmuellerella octoradiata (237652) Chiastozygus litterarius, Bukrylithus ambiguus, Ahmuellerella octoradiata (237651) Chiastozygus litterarius, Staurolithites laffittei, Ahmuellerella octoradiata, Placozygus sigmoides (237645) Staurolithites laffittei, Ahmuellerella octoradiata, Placozygus sigmoides (237646 237649 237650) Staurolithites laffittei, Bukrylithus ambiguus, Ahmuellerella octoradiata (237647) Staurolithites laffittei, Staurolithites flavus, Ahmuellerella octoradiata (237078) Staurolithites laffittei, Staurolithites flavus, Ahmuellerella octoradiata, Placozygus sigmoides (237648)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Ahmuellerella octoradiata (232047) Chiastozygus garrisonii, Amphizygus brooksii, Staurolithites crux, Ahmuellerella octoradiata (232048) Chiastozygus synquadriperforatus (232049)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Ahmuellerella octoradiata (232661) Chiastozygus amphipons, Zygodiscus spiralis (232654) Vekshinella stradneri, Ahmuellerella octoradiata (232657 232660)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Zeugrhabdotus bicrescenticus, Tranolithus orionatus, Reinhardtites levis, Reinhardtites anthophorus (205803)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Staurolithites parma (231295)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Argentina (Santa Cruz) Placozygus sigmoides (232043 232046)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Neocrepidolithus dirimosus, Placozygus sigmoides (236766) Placozygus sigmoides (236767) Staurolithites sp., Zeugrhabdotus sigmoides (172887)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Neocrepidolithus dirimosus, Placozygus sigmoides (236898) Placozygus sigmoides (236645)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Missouri) Zygodiscus sigmoides (231964 232026)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Tanzania (Lindi) Zeugrhabdotus sigmoides (179310)