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Zygodiscaceae
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Zygodiscales : Zygodiscaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Zygodiscaceae |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Chiphragmalithus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
Lophodolithus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Zygodiscus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Zygolithus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 47.8 Ma Eocene |
References
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Young, J. R.; Bown, P. R. (1997). Cenozoic calcareous nannoplankton classification. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 19(1), 36-47. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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!