Data plotted here is from DINOSTRAT, available via Zenodo: DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18375303. Please cite Bijl, 2022 https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-579-2022 when using this data.

Distribution


Plots are based on the following information

FO/LO	Location	Taxon	Source	Calibration	Age (Ma)	Paleolatitude
FO	Shukheir-1	Melitasphaeridium angustum	Soliman et al., 2012	0 in nan_n_NN5	14.86	23.267
LO	Shukheir-1	Melitasphaeridium angustum	Soliman et al., 2012	0.5 in nan_n_NN5	14.26	23.455
FO	Niigata	Melitasphaeridium angustum	Matsuoka, 1983b	0 in stage_Zanclean	5.333	40.609
LO	Niigata	Melitasphaeridium angustum	Matsuoka, 1983b	1 in stage_Pleistocene	0.012	38.011
FO	DSDP 548	Melitasphaeridium asterium	Brown and Downie, 1985	1 in nan_n_NP11	52.93	39.222
LO	ODP 1168	Melitasphaeridium asterium	Hou et al., 2023	0.5 in mag_C3n.1r	4.396	-43.134
FO	ODP 1168	Melitasphaeridium asterium	Hou et al., 2023	0.8 in mag_C6Ar	20.838	-48.974
FO	IODP U1411	Melitasphaeridium asterium	Egger et al., 2016	0.67 in mag_C13n	33.383	35.058
FO	Kysing-4	Melitasphaeridium asterium	Heilmann-Clausen and Van Simaeys, 2005	0.25 in nan_n_NP19-20	36.24	48.82
FO	Block 15	Melitasphaeridium asterium	Torricelli et al., 2022	0.5 in nan_c_CP19	25.747	-14.741
LO	Block 15	Melitasphaeridium asterium	Torricelli et al., 2022	1 in nan_c_CP19	24.36	-14.407
FO	Scotian Margin	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	Williams et al., 1993	0.5 in stage_Aquitanian	21.745	39.862
LO	North Sea Compilation	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	Powell, 1992	0 in nan_n_NN16	3.82	50.936
LO	se England	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	Head, 1998	0.6 in mag_C2r.1n	2.126	50.107
FO	Bordeaux	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	Londeix and Jan du Chene, 1998	0.6 in nan_n_NN2	20.58	38.665
FO	DSDP 548	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	Brown and Downie, 1985	0 in nan_n_NN6	13.66	44.455
LO	Jylland	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	Dybkjaer and Piasecki, 2008	0.1 in nan_n_NN16	3.691	54.326
LO	Northwest Pacific	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	Bujak and Matsuoka, 1986	0 in stage_Chibanian	0.774	47.477
FO	Northwest Pacific	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	Bujak and Matsuoka, 1986	0 in stage_Tortonian	11.65	52.97
LO	ODP 1168	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	Hou et al., 2023	0.5 in mag_C3An.1r	6.329	-43.821
LO	ODP 646	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	Head et al., 1989a	0.5 in nan_n_NN12	5.305	57.754
FO	Oga	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	Matsuoka et al., 1987	0 in plfor_A_N15	10.54	30.339
FO	Shukheir-1	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	Soliman et al., 2012	1 in nan_n_NN2	19.18	21.913
FO	DSDP 610	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	De Schepper and Head, 2008	1 in mag_C2An.2r	3.207	51.466
LO	DSDP 610	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	De Schepper and Head, 2008	0.5 in mag_C2An.2n	3.162	51.489
FO	Gulf Coast	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	Duffield and Stein, 1986	0 in plfor_A_N10	14.06	29.153
LO	ODP 642B	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	De Schepper et al., 2017	0.5 in mag_C2An.2n	3.162	65.711
LO	ODP 765A	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	McMinn, 1992	0.8 in nan_c_CN12	2.308	-16.461
FO	ODP 765A	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	McMinn, 1992	0.5 in plfor_A_N16	9.235	-19.508
LO	ODP 815	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	McMinn, 1993	0.33 in nan_c_CN11a	4.348	-20.671
LO	Lobo X-1	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	Daners et al., 2025	1 in stage_Messinian	5.333	-38.346
FO	Lemme	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	Powell, 1986	0.75 in plfor_A_N4	21.723	37.729
FO	ODP 823	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum	McMinn, 1993	0.02 in nan_c_CN9	8.235	-18.715
FO	North Sea Compilation	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum ssp. reductum	Powell, 1992	0.65 in nan_n_NP23	28.844	45.447
FO	Shukheir-1	Melitasphaeridium choanophorum ssp. reductum	Soliman et al., 2012	0 in nan_n_NN5	14.86	23.267
LO	Scotian Margin	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Williams et al., 1993	0 in stage_Priabonian	37.71	38.492
FO	Scotian Margin	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Williams et al., 1993	0.5 in stage_Ypresian	52.035	36.999
LO	DSDP 552	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Brown and Downie, 1984	0.75 in nan_n_NP13	49.261	46.931
LO	Massignano	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Van Mourik and Brinkhuis, 2005	0.75 in mag_C15n	35.16	33.862
LO	ODP 913	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Eldrett et al., 2004	0 in mag_C15r	35.58	65.514
FO	ODP 913	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Firth, 1996	0.8 in mag_C19r	41.383	63.976
FO	ODP 959	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Awad and Oboh-Ikuenobe, 2016	0.8 in nan_c_CP6	57.786	-9.071
LO	ODP 959	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Awad and Oboh-Ikuenobe, 2016	0.25 in nan_c_CP8b	55.724	-8.821
FO	se England	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Powell et al., 1996	0.25 in mag_C25r	58.633	40.529
FO	Suvlu	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	King et al., 2018	0 in nan_n_NP10	56.001	37.697
LO	Suvlu	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	King et al., 2018	0.6 in nan_n_NP13	49.538	38.331
FO	DSDP 555	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Brown and Downie, 1984	0.1 in nan_n_NP9	57.101	46.387
LO	IODP U1356	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Bijl et al., 2013	0.5 in mag_C24n.1n	52.735	-58.781
FO	IODP U1356	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Bijl et al., 2013	0.75 in mag_C24n.3n	53.413	-58.791
LO	DSDP 338	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Eldrett and Harding, 2009	1 in mag_C13n	33.214	60.608
LO	ODP 643	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Eldrett et al., 2004	0 in mag_C15n	35.336	60.346
FO	ODP 1053	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Van Mourik et al., 2001	0.9 in nan_c_CP14b	37.916	26.887
LO	ODP 1053	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Van Mourik et al., 2001	1 in plfor_A_P15	35.58	27.12
LO	Gulf Coast	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Wrenn and Kokinos, 1986	0.75 in plfor_A_N20/N21	2.54	28.897
LO	Kysing-4	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Heilmann-Clausen and Van Simaeys, 2005	1 in nan_n_NP19-20	34.44	48.805
LO	ODP 907	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Schreck et al., 2013	0.5 in stage_Zanclean	4.466	66.987
LO	Contessa	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Wilpshaar et al., 1996	0.9 in nan_c_CP15	34.773	33.432
LO	SSQ	Melitasphaeridium pseudorecurvatum	Houben et al., 2019	0.8 in mag_C15r	35.385	30.413