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Diconodinium ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Dinophyceae : Diconodinium | ||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | ||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 125 - 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. Marenssi, V. Guler, and S. Casadío, R. Guerstein, O. Papú. 2004. Sedimentology and palynology of the Calafate Formation (Maastrichtian), Austral Basin, Southern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 25:907-918 | ||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Diconodinium acutum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Diconodinium arcticum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Diconodinium cristatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Diconodinium davidii ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Diconodinium multispinum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Diconodinium paucigranulatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Diconodinium pelliferum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Diconodinium psilatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Diconodinium pusillum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1960 | Diconodinium Eisenack and Cookson |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
