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Watznaueria

Coccolithophyceae - Watznaueriales - Watznaueriaceae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Watznaueria Reinhardt
1965Ellipsagelosphaera Noël
1997Watznaueria Bown and Young

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
orderWatznauerialesBown 1987
familyWatznaueriaceae
genusWatznaueriaReinhardt 1964

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. †Watznaueria Reinhardt 1964
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Watznaueria barnesiae Black 1959
Watznaueria bayackii Worsley 1971
Watznaueria biporta Bukry 1969
Watznaueria britannica Stradner 1963
Watznaueria fasciata Wind and Cepek 1979
Watznaueria manivitiae Bukry 1973
Watznaueria ovata Bukry 1969
Watznaueria rawsonii Crux 1987
Invalid names: Ellipsagelosphaera Noël 1965 [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 Toarcian to the top of the Selandian or 182.70000 to 59.20000 Ma

Collections (101 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Granada) W. colacicchii (199494)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Spain (Murcia) W. colacicchii (201764 201765 201766 201768 201771 201775 201779 201780 201788 201793 201794) W. colacicchii, W. sp. A (201773 201777 201782 201783) W. colacicchii, W. sp. A, W. sp. B (201770 201789 201790 201791) W. colacicchii, W. sp. B (201769)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Saudi Arabia Ellipsagelosphaera britannica (45089 45191)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6Germany W. contracta (59430 59431)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Spain (Murcia) W. colacicchii (201795 201798 201800 201801 201804) W. colacicchii, W. sp. A (201797) W. sp. A (201796)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Spain (Granada) W. colacicchii (199198 199248 199253 199487 199495 202105 202115) W. colacicchii, W. contracta, W. sp. A (199165) W. colacicchii, W. contracta, W. sp. A, W. sp. B (199164 199169 201880 201948) W. colacicchii, W. sp. A (199168 199195 199229 199493) W. colacicchii, W. sp. A, W. sp. B (199171 199187) W. colacicchii, W. sp. B (199173 199492) W. contracta, W. sp. A, W. sp. B (199166 199167) W. sp. A (202099 202104 202109 202112) W. sp. A, W. sp. B (199181 199247 199490) W. sp. B (199172 199231 199488 199491 202102)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Saudi Arabia Ellipsagelosphaera britannica (45265)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Spain W. communis, W. contracta, W. britannica (214379)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia Ellipsagelosphaera britannica (45519) Ellipsagelosphaera britannica, Ellipsagelosphaera communis (45464)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia Ellipsagelosphaera britannica, Ellipsagelosphaera communis (45549) Ellipsagelosphaera britannica, Ellipsagelosphaera communis, W. manivitae (45540 45541) Ellipsagelosphaera communis (45555) Ellipsagelosphaera communis, Ellipsagelosphaera britannica, W. manivitae (45547 47890)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia Ellipsagelosphaera communis, W. manivitae (46052) W. manivitae (45896)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Ellipsagelosphaera britannica (58568)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ellipsagelosphaera britannica, W. barnesae, Ellipsagelosphaera fossacincta (154138)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Midi-Pyrenees) Ellipsagelosphaera sp. (94549)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Romania (Constanta) W. barnesiae (90900)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Germany W. sp., W. barnesae, W. ovata, W. fossacincta, W. britannica (50181)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0Slovakia Ellipsagelosphaera coronata, Ellipsagelosphaera ovata, Ellipsagelosphaera britannica (2061) Ellipsagelosphaera ovata, Ellipsagelosphaera coronata, Ellipsagelosphaera sp., Ellipsagelosphaera britannica (2060)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Alberta) W. barbui (71255) W. barnesae (71256)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Canada (Alberta) W. barnesae (71250 71252 71253 71254 71353)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Austria (Salzkammergut) W. barnesae, W. britannica (142308)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Romania W. barnesiae (155181)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes) W. barnesae (178473)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium W. barnesae (118459)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Israel (Southern District) W. sp., W. barnesiae (220176)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) W. barnesae (232654 232657)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) W. barnesae (231295)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Tanzania (Lindi) W. spp. (179310)