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	Shandong	Palaeoperidinium angularium	Xu Jinli, 1987	0 in stage_Lutetian	48.07	41.922
LO	Shandong	Palaeoperidinium angularium	Xu Jinli, 1987	1 in stage_Priabonian	33.9	40.474
FO	MacKenzie	Palaeoperidinium ariadnae	Norris, 1986	0 in stage_Ypresian	56	75.747
LO	MacKenzie	Palaeoperidinium ariadnae	Norris, 1986	1 in stage_Priabonian	33.9	74.442
FO	Shandong	Palaeoperidinium chonetum	Xu Jinli, 1987	0 in stage_Lutetian	48.07	41.922
LO	Shandong	Palaeoperidinium chonetum	Xu Jinli, 1987	1 in stage_Priabonian	33.9	40.474
FO	Dongpu	Palaeoperidinium commune	He Chengquan et al., 1989	0 in stage_Danian	66.04	28.846
LO	Dongpu	Palaeoperidinium commune	He Chengquan et al., 1989	1 in stage_Ypresian	48.07	29.507
FO	North Sea Compilation	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Costa and Davey, 1992	0.4 in amm_b_Paracrioceras elegans	124.616	40.772
FO	North Sea Compilation	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Powell, 1992	0.4 in amm_b_Paracrioceras elegans	124.616	40.772
LO	Cordebugle	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Tocher and Jarvis, 1996	0.05 in amm_b_Mantelliceras mantelli	100.156	41.391
FO	Dababiya	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Soliman and Slimani, 2018b	0.2 in nan_n_CC25c	68.76	8.766
LO	Dababiya	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Soliman and Slimani, 2018b	0.9 in nan_n_CC26b	66.164	8.73
FO	DSDP 364	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Morgan, 1977	0.9 in nan_n_CC9	96.857	-23.067
LO	DSDP 364	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Morgan, 1977	0.25 in nan_n_CC10a	95.595	-23.165
LO	DSDP 400A	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Davey, 1979b	0 in nan_u_BC27	103.274	39.824
FO	DSDP 400A	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Davey, 1979b	0.75 in nan_u_BC21	115.647	38.345
LO	Omsk No. 8	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Lebedeva et al., 2013	1 in nan_n_CC24	70.143	51.522
FO	Omsk No. 8	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Lebedeva et al., 2013	0 in mag_C31r	71.451	51.616
FO	Q13_14	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Duxbury, 2001	1 in amm_b_Paracrioceras elegans	124.4	46.452
LO	Rodmell	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Tocher and Jarvis, 1996	0.2 in amm_b_Mantelliceras mantelli	99.874	43.146
FO	Vallentigny	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Davey and Verdier, 1971	0 in amm_b_Leymeriella tardefurcata	111.27	40.016
LO	Vallentigny	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Davey and Verdier, 1971	1 in amm_b_Pervenquieria inflatum	103.13	40.508
FO	Arctic Basin	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Williams et al., 2025	0.4 in stage_Barremian	124.46	71.327
FO	ODP 765	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Helby and McMinn, 1992	0.8 in nan_n_CC7a	119.825	-49.087
LO	6711	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Radmacher et al., 2015	0.8 in stage_Cenomanian	95.22	60.298
FO	Northeast Greenland	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Nøhr-Hansen, 2025	0.4 in stage_Barremian	124.46	53.773
FO	DSDP 361	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Davey, 1978	0.75 in nan_c_NC7b	114.906	-42.6
FO	Silesian Basin	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Skupien and Vašíček, 2002	0 in amm_t_Toxancyloceras vandenheckii	124.4	35.728
LO	Banks Island	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Williams et al., 2025	0.75 in stage_Cenomanian	95.55	80.531
FO	Cape Nares	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Williams et al., 2025	0.5 in stage_Albian	106.85	79.676
LO	Snøvit field	Palaeoperidinium cretaceum	Radmacher et al., 2014a	0.8 in stage_Cenomanian	95.22	63.609
LO	North Sea Compilation	Palaeoperidinium eurypylum	Costa and Davey, 1992	1 in amm_b_Mammites nodosoides	92.9	45.465
FO	Saskatchewan	Palaeoperidinium eurypylum	Manum and Cookson, 1964	0 in stage_Cenomanian	100.5	62.147
LO	Saskatchewan	Palaeoperidinium eurypylum	Manum and Cookson, 1964	1 in stage_Maastrichtian	66.04	59.467
FO	Tadzhikistan	Palaeoperidinium granulatum	Oleinik, 1975	0 in stage_Priabonian	37.71	34.322
LO	Tadzhikistan	Palaeoperidinium granulatum	Oleinik, 1975	1 in stage_Priabonian	33.9	33.918
FO	Jiangsu	Palaeoperidinium granulosum	Zheng Yahui and He Chengquan, 1984	0 in stage_Cenomanian	100.5	36.063
LO	Jiangsu	Palaeoperidinium granulosum	Zheng Yahui and He Chengquan, 1984	1 in stage_Maastrichtian	66.04	39.102
FO	Bohai	Palaeoperidinium huanghuaense	Jiabo, 1978	0 in stage_Danian	66.04	43.925
LO	Bohai	Palaeoperidinium huanghuaense	Jiabo, 1978	1 in stage_Ypresian	48.07	44.723
FO	Shandong	Palaeoperidinium humile	Xu Jinli, 1987	0 in stage_Lutetian	48.07	41.922
LO	Shandong	Palaeoperidinium humile	Xu Jinli, 1987	1 in stage_Priabonian	33.9	40.474
FO	Jiangsu	Palaeoperidinium jiangsuense	Zheng Yahui and He Chengquan, 1984	0 in stage_Cenomanian	100.5	36.063
LO	Jiangsu	Palaeoperidinium jiangsuense	Zheng Yahui and He Chengquan, 1984	1 in stage_Maastrichtian	66.04	39.102
LO	More Basin	Palaeoperidinium minusculatum	Vieira and Mahdi, 2021	0.33 in stage_Danian	64.595	53.44
FO	More Basin	Palaeoperidinium minusculatum	Vieira and Mahdi, 2021	0.67 in stage_Maastrichtian	68.063	53.75
FO	Dongpu	Palaeoperidinium oviforme	He Chengquan et al., 1989	0 in stage_Danian	66.04	28.846
LO	Dongpu	Palaeoperidinium oviforme	He Chengquan et al., 1989	1 in stage_Maastrichtian	66.04	28.846
FO	ODP 748	Palaeoperidinium parvum	Mao Shaozhi and Mohr, 1992	0.7 in nan_n_CC22	76.127	-60.461
FO	Meer	Palaeoperidinium parvum	Slimani et al., 2011	0.95 in stage_Campanian	72.744	42.066
LO	Meer	Palaeoperidinium parvum	Slimani et al., 2011	0.71 in stage_Maastrichtian	67.818	41.626
FO	Jiangsu	Palaeoperidinium primaevum	Zheng Yahui and He Chengquan, 1984	0 in stage_Cenomanian	100.5	36.063
LO	Jiangsu	Palaeoperidinium primaevum	Zheng Yahui and He Chengquan, 1984	1 in stage_Maastrichtian	66.04	39.102
FO	Scotian Margin	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Williams et al., 1993	0.8 in stage_Campanian	74.466	38.221
LO	Scotian Margin	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Williams et al., 1993	0 in stage_Thanetian	59.24	36.863
LO	mid-Waipara	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Crouch et al., 2014	0.5 in nan_n_NP4	62.28	-52.304
FO	North Sea Compilation	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Costa and Davey, 1992	0 in amm_b_Acanthoceras rhotomagense	96.08	45.411
LO	North Sea Compilation	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Powell, 1992	1 in nan_n_NP7	57.6	42.612
LO	Viborg_1	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Heilmann-Clausen, 1985	0.25 in nan_n_NP9	56.918	47.109
LO	ODP 1172	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Bijl et al., 2013	0.5 in mag_C26n	59.098	-60.378
FO	ODP 1172	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Bijl et al., 2021	0.9 in mag_C30n	66.56	-62.308
FO	ODP 1172	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Brinkhuis et al., 2003b	0.5 in mag_C26n	59.098	-60.378
LO	Central Graben	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Vieira et al., 2020b	0.921875 in stage_Thanetian	56.253	48.167
LO	Central Graben	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Vieira et al., 2025b	0.85 in stage_Thanetian	56.486	48.133
LO	Synthesis N Germany	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Köthe, 2012	0.1 in nan_n_NP5	61.083	41.995
FO	Synthesis N Germany	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Köthe, 2012	0.5 in nan_n_NP4	62.28	42.097
LO	Disko	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Piasecki et al., 1992	1 in nan_n_NP6	58.973	56.636
LO	Central North Sea	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Gradstein et al., 1992	0 in nan_n_NP9	57.223	49.916
LO	Faroe-Shetland	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Mudge and Bujak, 2001	0 in mag_C26n	59.237	49.688
LO	Austral Basin	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Gonzalez-Estebenet et al., 2021	0.75 in nan_n_NP3	63.597	-56.175
LO	Hor Harar	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Eshet et al., 1992	0.8 in plfor_B_P1a	65.305	13.727
FO	Hor Harar	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Eshet et al., 1992	0.96 in plfor_B_Plummerita hantkeninoides	66.054	13.705
FO	Banks Island	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Williams et al., 2025	0.75 in stage_Albian	103.675	79.428
LO	Banks Island	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Williams et al., 2025	0.9 in stage_Cenomanian	94.56	80.665
FO	Cape Nares	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Williams et al., 2025	0.75 in stage_Turonian	90.518	79.659
LO	Cape Nares	Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum	Williams et al., 2025	0.5 in stage_Maastrichtian	69.105	77.576
FO	Jiangsu	Palaeoperidinium rugosum	Zheng Yahui and He Chengquan, 1984	0 in stage_Cenomanian	100.5	36.063
LO	Jiangsu	Palaeoperidinium rugosum	Zheng Yahui and He Chengquan, 1984	1 in stage_Maastrichtian	66.04	39.102
FO	Tarim Basin	Palaeoperidinium sinense	He Chengquan, 1991	0 in stage_Danian	66.04	36.871
LO	Tarim Basin	Palaeoperidinium sinense	He Chengquan, 1991	1 in stage_Bartonian	37.71	38.294
FO	Tarim Basin	Palaeoperidinium striatum	He Chengquan, 1991	0 in stage_Danian	66.04	36.871
LO	Tarim Basin	Palaeoperidinium striatum	He Chengquan, 1991	1 in stage_Thanetian	56	38.42
FO	Maastricht	Palaeoperidinium subconicoides	Lejeune-Carpentier, 1942	0 in stage_Campanian	83.65	42.98
LO	Maastricht	Palaeoperidinium subconicoides	Lejeune-Carpentier, 1942	1 in stage_Maastrichtian	66.04	40.619
FO	Ieper	Palaeoperidinium tenue	Schumacker-Lambry, 1978	0 in stage_Selandian	61.66	40.526
LO	Ieper	Palaeoperidinium tenue	Schumacker-Lambry, 1978	1 in stage_Thanetian	56	40.981