Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma) | Granddaughter taxa | ||||
Braarudosphaeraceae Coccospheres pentagonal dodecahedra formed of five pentagonal plates |
Taxonomy:
In the Cenozoic the order only contains the one, well-established, family, the Braarudosphaeraceae. However, in the Mesozoic there are other groups showing affinities to them - in particular the Nannoconids (Lees & Bown 2016).
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (ntax_cenozoic): Extant coccolithophores and Cenozoic calcareous nannofossils - Mesozoic nannofossils are in a separate module
This taxon: 2N(?) cell covered by pentaliths (plates formed of 5 segments with lamellar sub-structure) formed extracellularly N: cell motile, covered by scales
Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: Braarudosphaerales
Search data:
Lith size: 2->30µm; Segments: 5->5; |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: Total of ranges of the species in this database
First occurrence (base): within Cenomanian Stage (93.90-100.50Ma, base in Cenomanian stage). Data source: Total of ranges of species in this database
Plot of occurrence data:
Aubry, M. -P. (2013). Cenozoic Coccolithophores: Braarudosphaerales. Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York. 1-336. gs Hagino, K., Onuma, R., Kawachi, M. & Horiguchi, T. (2013). Discovery of an Endosymbiotic Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacterium UCYN-A in Braarudosphaera bigelowii (Prymnesiophyceae). PLoS One. 8(12): 1-11. gs Hagino, K., Tomioka, N., Young, J. R., Takano, Y., Onuma, R. & Horiguchi, T. (2016). Extracellular calcification of Braarudosphaera bigelowii deduced from electron microscopic observations of cell surface structure and elemental composition of pentaliths. Marine Micropaleontology. 125(1): 85-94. gs Lees, J. A. & Bown, P. R. (2016). New and intriguing calcareous nannofossils from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Tanzania. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 36(1): 83-95. gs Takano, Y., Hagino, K., Tanaka, Y., Horiguchi, T. & Okada, H. (2006). Phylogenetic affinities of an enigmatic nannoplankton, Braarudosphaera bigelowii based on the SSU rDNA sequences. Marine Micropaleontology. 60: 145-156. gs Young, J. R., Davis, S. A., Bown, P. R. & Mann, S. (1999). Coccolith ultrastructure and biomineralisation. Journal of Structural Biology. 126: 195-215. gsReferences:
Braarudosphaerales compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 8-9-2024
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