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Oolithotus


Classification: ntax_cenozoic -> Coccolithales -> Calcidiscaceae -> Oolithotus
Sister taxa: Calcidiscus, Hayaster, Oolithotus, Umbilicosphaera, Cryptococcolithus, Hayella

Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)
Oolithotus antillarum
liths small (<5µm), strongly asymmetric
Oolithotus fragilis
liths large (>5µm), weakly asymmetric
Oolithotus sp.
Specimens which cannot be assigned to established species

Taxonomy:

Citation: Oolithotus Cohen & Reinhardt, 1968
taxonomic rank: Genus
Type species: Discolithus antillarum Cohen 1964

Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Calcidiscaceae): 2N: cells non-motile, bearing placoliths with R-unit confined to proximal shield, mostly circular.
N: cells motile, holococcolith-bearing

This taxon: Coccoliths asymmetric, tube and proximal shield offset from centre of distal shield

Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: Oolithotus *


Morphology:

Cells non-motile, but coccosphere asymmetrical with an opening. Coccoliths also asymmetrical, distal shield is typically weakly elliptical but with tube and proximal shield offset from centre, otherwise very like Calcidiscus. Proximal shield small, monocyclic.


Ecology & Biogeography

Predominantly deep-photic.

Search data:
LITHS: placolith, asymmetric, circular, CA: closed,
CSPH: equant, monomorphic, CROSS-POLARS: rim-unicyclic, V-prominent, R-prominent,
Lith size: 3->9µm; Coccosphere size: 6->20µm;
The morphological data given here can be used on the advanced search page. See also these notes

Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: Total of ranges of the species in this database
First occurrence (base): within Pliocene Epoch (2.59-5.33Ma, base in Zanclean stage). Data source: Total of ranges of species in this database

Plot of occurrence data:

References:

Cohen, C. L. D. & Reinhardt, P. (1968). Coccolithophorids from the Pleistocene Caribbean deep-sea core CP-28. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 131: 289-304. gs


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Oolithotus compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 6-10-2024

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