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Discoaster barbadiensis

Coccolithophyceae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
D. adamanteus, D. bellus, D. brouweri, D. deflandrei, D. intercalaris, D. quinqueramus, D. surculus, D. variabilis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. bifax, D. martinii

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
subclassPrymnesiophycidaeCavalier-Smith 1986
genusDiscoasterTan 1902
speciesbarbadiensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Georgia) Discoaster barbadiensis (4868)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Discoaster barbadiensis (206538 206539 206540)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Discoaster barbadiensis (86616)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Azerbaijan Discoaster barbadiensis (45884)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Jordan Discoaster barbadiensis (32899)