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Retecapsa surirella

Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Cretarhabdaceae

Taxonomy
Discolithus surirella was named by Deflandre and Fert (1954).

It was recombined as Retecapsa surirella by Grün (1975) and Bown (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Discolithus surirella Deflandre and Fert
1975Retecapsa surirella Grün
1998Retecapsa surirella Bown

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
RankNameAuthor
orderPodorhabdalesRood et al. 1971
familyCretarhabdaceaeThierstein 1973
genusRetecapsaBlack 1971
speciessurirella(Deflandre and Fert 1954)

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.

†Retecapsa surirella Deflandre and Fert 1954
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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 Early/Lower Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 136.40000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Germany Retecapsa surirella (50181)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes) Retecapsa surirella (178473)