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Cerodinium ✝
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Myzozoa : Dinophyceae : Peridiniales : Peridiniaceae : Cerodinium | ||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Peridiniales : Peridiniaceae : Cerodinium | ||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Cerodinium T.F.Vozzhennikova | ||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | ||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene | ||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. Marenssi, V. Guler, and S. Casadío, R. Guerstein, O. Papú. 2004. Sedimentology and palynology of the Calafate Formation (Maastrichtian), Austral Basin, Southern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 25:907-918 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cerodinium albertii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Cerodinium diebelii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Cerodinium granulostriatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Cerodinium leptodermum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Cerodinium obliquipes ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Cerodinium striatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Cerodinium subquadrum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Ceratiopsis Vozzhennikova, 1963 | GBIF | genus | Chromista : Myzozoa : Dinophyceae : Peridiniales : Peridiniaceae : Ceratiopsis |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1963 | Cerodinium Vozzhennikova |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
