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Cyclagelosphaera
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Watznaueriales : Watznaueriaceae : Cyclagelosphaera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Watznaueriales : Watznaueriaceae : Cyclagelosphaera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Cyclagelosphaera Noël, 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Sur les coccolithes du Jurassique européen et d'Afrique du Nord. Essai de classification des coccolithes fossiles. Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Paris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 170 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | oceanic,oligotrophic,marine,brackish (based on Haptophyta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | passively mobile (based on Haptophyta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Haptophyta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Haptophyta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. R. Bown and J. R. Young. 1997. Mesozoic calcareous nannoplankton classification. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 19:21-36 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bidiscus monocava species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Coccolithus deflandrei species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Cyclagelosphaera alta species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Cyclagelosphaera argoensis species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Cyclagelosphaera brezae species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Cyclagelosphaera jiangii species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Cyclagelosphaera lacuna species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Cyclagelosphaera margerelii species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
Cyclagelosphaera rotaclypeata species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Cyclagelosphaera shenleyensis species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Cyclagelosphaera wiedmannii species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Ellipsagelosphaera tubulata species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Markalius reinhardtii species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Similicoronilithus D.Bukry, 1969 | GBIF | genus | Chromista : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Watznaueriales : Watznaueriaceae : Similicoronilithus |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1965 | Cyclagelosphaera Noël |
1997 | Cyclagelosphaera Bown and Young |
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!