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Haptophyta
| Description | The haptophytes, classified either as the Haptophyta, Haptophytina or Prymnesiophyta (named for Prymnesium), are a clade of algae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haptophyta, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | phylum | |||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Haptophyta | |||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Haptophyta | |||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Common Name | haptophyte alga | |||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Haptophyta | |||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 898 | |||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 10 (1.1%) | |||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 304 - 296 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||
| Environment | oceanic,oligotrophic,marine,brackish | |||||||||||||||
| Motility | passively mobile | |||||||||||||||
| Diet | photoautotroph | |||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite | |||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. R. Bown and J. R. Young. 1997. Mesozoic calcareous nannoplankton classification. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 19:21-36 | |||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Haptofyter, Häftalger, Kalkalgen, ハプト植物, Haptophyte Alga | |||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haptophyta |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Pavlovophyceae class | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
 Prymnesiophyceaeclass | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,677 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Helicosphaera ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 41 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Reticulofenestra genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 61 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Syracosphaera ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 13.7 Ma Miocene | 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Umbilicosphaera ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | 7.25 Ma Miocene | |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Haptomonada | GBIF | phylum | Chromista : Haptomonada |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1986 | Haptophyta Hibberd ex Cavalier-Smith |
| 1997 | Haptophyta Young and Bown |
| 2005 | Haptophyta Adl et al. p. 401 figs. Table 1 |
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!
