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Coccolithus pelagicus

Coccolithophyceae

Taxonomy
Coccosphaera pelagica was named by Wallich (1877). It is extant.

It was recombined as Coccolithus pelagicus by Schiller (1930), Fujioka et al. (1998), Perez Panera (2013) and Estebenet et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Coccosphaera pelagica Wallich
1930Coccolithus pelagicus Schiller
1998Coccolithus pelagicus Fujioka et al. p. 417 figs. 5.3, 5.4
2013Coccolithus pelagicus Perez Panera
2020Coccolithus pelagicus Estebenet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
subclassPrymnesiophycidaeCavalier-Smith 1986
genusCoccolithusSchwartz 1959
speciespelagicus(Wallich 1877)

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.

Coccolithus pelagicus Wallich 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: oceanic, oligotrophic, marine, brackishp
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Depth habitat: surfacep
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2006-10-31 06:24:05
Modified: 2006-10-31 08:24:05
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Ionian or 66.00000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Argentina (Santa Cruz) Coccolithus pelagicus (232042 232043 232045 232046)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Missouri) Coccolithus pelagicus (231964 232026)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) Coccolithus pelagicus (152240)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Georgia) Coccolithus pelagicus (4868)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Coccolithus pelagicus (206538 206539 206540)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Jordan Coccolithus pelagicus (32899)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Coccolithus pelagicus (86616)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Coccolithus pelagicus (68021)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Coccolithus pelagicus (111542)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Coccolithus pelagicus (196138)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Taiwan Coccolithus pelagicus (41742)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Micronesia, Federated States of Coccolithus pelagicus (191879 191880 191881 191882)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Coccolithus pelagicus (66288)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Azerbaijan Coccolithus pelagicus (116629)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Micronesia, Federated States of Coccolithus pelagicus (191883 191885)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Azerbaijan Coccolithus pelagicus (116631)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Micronesia, Federated States of Coccolithus pelagicus (191884)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador Coccolithus pelagicus (90852)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia Coccolithus pelagicus (145935)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovenia Coccolithus pelagicus (55454)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovakia Coccolithus pelagicus (145971 145974)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Coccolithus pelagicus (138313)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Coccolithus pelagicus (90840)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Siena) Coccolithus pelagicus (45497)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ireland Coccolithus pelagicus (152368)
Ionian (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Italy (Apulia) Coccolithus pelagicus (157640)
Ionian - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Apulia) Coccolithus pelagicus (157642)