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Braarudosphaera

Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaeraceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Braarudosphaera Deflandre
1997Braarudosphaera Bown and Young

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
subclassPrymnesiophycidaeCavalier-Smith 1986
familyBraarudosphaeraceaeDeflandre 1947
genusBraarudosphaeraDeflandre 1947

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. †Braarudosphaera Deflandre 1947
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†Braarudosphaera africana Stradner 1961
†Braarudosphaera bigelowii Gran and Braarud 1935
†Braarudosphaera turbinea Stradner 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 Barremian to the top of the Gelasian or 129.40000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0Slovakia B. bigelowi (2060 2061)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Spain (Granada) B. africana (50372 50373 50376 50378 50380 50381 50382 50383 50387 50388 50390)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Spain (Granada) B. africana (50392 50393 50394 50395 50396 50399)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Canada (Alberta) B. bigelowii (71250 71254)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Austria (Salzkammergut) B. regularis, B. bigelowii (142308)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes) B. bigelowii (178473)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) B. bigelowii (231295)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Argentina (Santa Cruz) B. bigelowii (232045 232046)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Missouri) B. bigelowi (231964) B. discula, B. bigelowi (232026)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) B. bigelowii (152240)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Georgia) B. bigelowii (4868)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Namibia (Sperrgebiet) B. discula, B. bigelowi (149316)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) B. bigelowi (86616)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Tonga B. bigelow, B. discula (43006)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) B. bigelowii (68021)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India B. bigelowii (111542)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Azerbaijan B. bigelowi (116629)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Azerbaijan B. bigelowi (116631)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia B. bigelowii (145938)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovenia B. sp. (55454)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovakia B. bigelowii (145974)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ireland B. sp., B. bigelowii (152368)