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Tanyosphaeridium ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Myzozoa : Dinophyceae : Gonyaulacales : Tanyosphaeridium | ||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Dinophyceae : Gonyaulacales : Tanyosphaeridium | ||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Tanyosphaeridium R.J.Davey & G.L.Williams, 1966 | ||||||||||||
Name Published In | Davey, R.J.; Williams, G.L. (1966). V. The genus Hystrichosphaeridium and its allies. In: Davey, R.J., Downie, C., Sarjeant, W.A.S. and Williams, G.L., Studies on Mesozoic and Cainozoic dinoflagellate cysts; British Museum (Natural History) Geology, Bulletin, Supplement 3, p.53-105. | ||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 151 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic | ||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene | ||||||||||||
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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Tanyosphaeridium boletum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tanyosphaeridium isocalamum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Tanyosphaeridium isocalamus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Tanyosphaeridium magneticum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Tanyosphaeridium regulare species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tanyosphaeridium salpinx ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Tanyosphaeridium variecalamum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Tanyosphaeridium xanthiopyxides ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1966 | Tanyosphaeridium Davey and Williams |
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!