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Discoaster

Coccolithophyceae

Taxonomy
Discoaster was named by Tan (1902).

It was assigned to Prymnesiophycidae by Perch-Nielsen (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Discoaster Tan
1985Discoaster Perch-Nielsen

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

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.

G. †Discoaster Tan 1902
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†Discoaster adamanteus Bramlette and Wilcoxon 1967
†Discoaster bellus Bukry and Percival 1971
†Discoaster brouweri Tan Sin Hok 1927
†Discoaster deflandrei Bramlette and Riedel 1954
†Discoaster quinqueramus Gartner 1969
†Discoaster surculus Martini and Bramlette 1963
†Discoaster variabilis Martini and Bramlette 1963
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 Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Gelasian or 58.70000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) D. multiradiatus (186974)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) D. salisburgenesis (152240)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine (Luhansk) D. bifax, D. wemmelensis (232266)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Georgia) D. barbadiensis, D. sp. (4868)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) D. barbadiensis, D. bifax, D. binodosus, D. distinctus, D. elegans, D. gemmifer, D. gemmeus, D. germanicus, D. lodosensus, D. martinii, D. nonaradiatus, D. salpenensis, D. septemradiatus, D. subiodoensis, D. wemmelensis, D. sp. (206540) D. barbadiensis, D. binodosus, D. deflandral, D. distinctus, D. elegans, D. gemmifer, D. gemmeus, D. germanicus, D. lodosensus, D. nonaradiatus, D. salpenensis, D. septemradiatus, D. subiodoensis, D. sp. (206538) D. barbadiensis, D. binodosus, D. distinctus, D. elegans, D. gemmifer, D. germanicus, D. lodosensus, D. nonaradiatus, D. salpenensis, D. septemradiatus, D. subiodoensis, D. wemmelensis, D. sp., D. deflandrei (206539)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) D. distinctus (16762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Jordan D. barbadiensis, D. binodosus, D. saipanensis, D. tani (32899)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Tonga D. tani, D. deftandrei (43006)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) D. barbadiensis, D. saipanensis, D. tani (86616)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Azerbaijan D. saipanensis, D. barbadiensis (45884)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Namibia (Sperrgebiet) D. saipanensis, D. tani (149316)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Virginia) D. sp. (164631)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Costa Rica D. tanii, D. lenticularis, D. sublodoensis, D. bardiensis, D. deflandrei (179810)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Taiwan D. deflandrei (41742)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India D. flandrei (111542)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Chile (Atacama) D. sp., D. variabilis (221936)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Micronesia, Federated States of D. variabilis, D. adamanteus, D. deflandrei (191879 191880 191881 191882)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Micronesia, Federated States of D. variabilis, D. adamanteus, D. deflandrei (191883 191885)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Micronesia, Federated States of D. variabilis, D. adamanteus, D. deflandrei (191884)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador D. variabilis (90851) D. variabilis, D. intercalaris, D. brouweri (90852)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovakia D. variabilis (145974)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovenia D. variabilis (55454)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece D. variabilis, D. intercalaris, D. bellus (138313)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Tanzania D. variabilis, D. brouweri, D. surculus, D. quinqueramus (202214)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) D. sp. (113998)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Siena) D. asymmetricus, D. tamalis, D. sp., D. brouweri, D. surculus (45497)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador D. brouweri, D. quinqueramus (90840)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ireland D. triradiatus, D. kugleri, D. surclus, D. variabilis, D. deflandrei, D. brouweri, D. surculus (152368)