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Eiffellithus

Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Eiffellithaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Eiffellithus Reinhardt
1997Eiffellithus Bown and Young

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
RankNameAuthor
classCoccolithophyceae
orderEiffellithalesRood et al. 1971
familyEiffellithaceaeReinhardt 1965
genusEiffellithusReinhardt 1965

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. †Eiffellithus Reinhardt 1965
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Eiffellithus equibiramus Watkins and Bergen 2003
Eiffellithus eximius Stover 1966
Eiffellithus gorkae Reinhardt 1965
Eiffellithus hancockii Burnett 1998
Eiffellithus parallelus Perch-Nielsen 1973
Eiffellithus parvus Watkins and Bergen 2003
Eiffellithus pospichalii Burnett 1998
Eiffellithus praestigium Watkins and Bergen 2003
Eiffellithus primus Applegate and Bergen 1988
Eiffellithus striatus Black 1971
Eiffellithus turriseiffelii Deflandre 1954
Eiffellithus vonsalisiae Watkins and Bergen 2003
Eiffellithus windii Applegate and Bergen 1988
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 Hauterivian to the top of the Sarmatian or 136.40000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Germany E. sp., E. striatus (50181)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Alberta) E. trabeculatus, E. eximius (71256)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Late/Upper Turonian99.6 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) E. eximius (179874)
Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) E. eximius (179885)
Early/Lower Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) E. eximius (179314)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Kansas) E. turriseiffelii (132610)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Canada (Alberta) E. eximius (71250) E. trabeculatus, E. turriseiffeli (71254) E. trabeculatus, E. turriseiffeli, E. eximius (71353) E. turriseiffeli (71252) E. turriseiffeli, E. eximius (71253)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Austria (Salzkammergut) E. turriseiffelii, E. eximius (142308)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes) E. turriseiffelii, E. gorkae, E. eximius (178473)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Tanzania (Lindi) E. paralellus, E. eximius (179315)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium E. turriseiffelli, E. eximius (118459)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Israel (Southern District) E. eximius (220176)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) E. turriseiffelii (232660) E. turriseiffelii, E. gorkae (232654) E. turriseiffelii, E. parallelus, E. gorkae (232657 232661)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) E. turriseiffelii (232047 232048 232049)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) E. turriseiffelii, E. gorkae (231295)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Tanzania (Lindi) E. spp. (179310)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovenia E. turriseiffelii (55454)