Nannotax3 - ntax_mesozoic

Calciosolenia

Classification: ntax_mesozoic -> Syracosphaerales -> Calciosoleniaceae -> Calciosolenia
Sister taxa: Calciosolenia

Distinguishing features: Rhombic; rim bicylic; central area spanned by numerous transverse bars

Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)
				Calciosolenia fossilis Minute to small, long and narrow rhombic muroliths with a central area spanned by numerous transverse bars.
				Calciosolenia huberi A medium-sized species of Calciosolenia possessing a distally-orientated spur-like extension to the rim, located at one end of the coccolith.
				Calciosolenia sp. Specimens not identified to species level

Taxonomy:

Citation: Calciosolenia Gran, 1912

Rank: Genus

Type species: Calciosolenia murrayi Gran, 1912.

Synonyms: Dityolithus Górka 1957

Taxonomic discussion: Deflandre in Deflandre & Fert, 1954 proposed the generic name Scapholithus for fossil ‘scapholith’ coccoliths but these are indistinguishable from the extant representatives classified within Calciosolenia Gran, 1912.

Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: Calciosolenia *

Distinguishing features: Rhombic; rim bicylic; central area spanned by numerous transverse bars

Morphology: Typically small, fragile and dissolution susceptible, and so only consistently seen when preservation is good.

Phylogenetic relations: Calciosolenia is formally in the Order Syracosphaerales and is included here with the Stephanolithiaceae to avoid having a monogeneric ordinal group - and because it shows obvious affinities with the Stephanolithiacaea.

Search data:

Tags	LITHS: murolith, quadrate, CA: ca_disjunct, grill, CROSS-POLARS: rim-bicyclic, R-prominent,
Metrics	Lith size: 2->8µm; Data source notes: size range of included species

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 range of species in this database
First occurrence (base): at base of Hauterivian Stage (0% up, 133.9Ma, in Hauterivian stage). Data source: Total of range of species in this database

Plot of occurrence data:

Range-bar - range as quoted above, pink interval top occurs in, green interval base occurs in.
Triangles indicate an event for which a precise placement has been suggested
Neptune data: This is a higher taxon page so Neptune data is not plotted. See also: customisable plot Parent: Calciosoleniaceae

References:

Bown, P. R., Rutledge, D. C., Crux, J. A. & Gallagher, L. T. (1998). Early Cretaceous. In, Bown, P. R. (ed.) Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy. British Micropalaeontological Society Publication Series. 86-131. gs

Deflandre, G. & Fert, C. (1954). Observations sur les coccolithophoridés actuels et fossiles en microscopie ordinaire et électronique. Annales de Paléontologie. 40: 115-176. gs

Górka, H. (1957). Les Coccolithophoridés du Maestrichtien supérieur de Pologne. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 2: 239-284. gs V O

Gran, H. H. (1912). Pelagic plant life. In, Murray, J. & Hjort, J. (eds) The Depths of the Ocean. Macmillan, London 307-386. gs

Calciosolenia compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 17-5-2021

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