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	Northwest France	Microdinium alatum	Conrad, 1941	0 in stage_Maastrichtian	72.17	41.259
LO	Northwest France	Microdinium alatum	Conrad, 1941	1 in stage_Maastrichtian	66.04	40.72
LO	Svalbard	Microdinium angulare	Below, 1987b	0.75 in stage_Albian	103.675	71.132
FO	Svalbard	Microdinium angulare	Below, 1987b	0.25 in stage_Albian	110.025	70.655
FO	Northwest Australia compilation	Microdinium avocetianum	Riding, 2002	0.5 in stage_Tithonian	146.17	-50.193
LO	Northwest Australia compilation	Microdinium avocetianum	Riding, 2002	1 in stage_Tithonian	143.1	-51.329
LO	Svalbard	Microdinium balteus	Below, 1987b	0.75 in stage_Albian	103.675	71.132
FO	Svalbard	Microdinium balteus	Below, 1987b	0.25 in stage_Albian	110.025	70.655
FO	Omsk No. 8	Microdinium bensonii	Lebedeva et al., 2013	0 in mag_C31r	71.451	51.616
LO	Omsk No. 8	Microdinium bensonii	Lebedeva et al., 2013	0.85 in nan_n_CC24	70.459	51.544
FO	Maastricht	Microdinium bensonii ssp. pilatum	Slimani, 1994	0.75 in stage_Campanian	75.04	41.799
LO	Maastricht	Microdinium bensonii ssp. pilatum	Slimani, 1994	0.25 in stage_Danian	64.945	40.476
LO	Stevns Klint	Microdinium carinatum	Surlyk et al., 2013	1 in nan_u_UC20b	67.818	45.696
FO	Stevns Klint	Microdinium carinatum	Surlyk et al., 2013	0 in nan_u_UC16a	80.97	46.907
LO	Stevns Klint	Microdinium carpentieriae	Surlyk et al., 2013	0.75 in nan_u_UC20d	66.35	45.561
FO	Stevns Klint	Microdinium carpentieriae	Surlyk et al., 2013	0 in nan_u_UC16c	77.563	46.593
FO	Meer	Microdinium carpentieriae	Slimani et al., 2011	0.9 in stage_Campanian	73.318	42.117
LO	Meer	Microdinium carpentieriae	Slimani et al., 2011	0.83 in stage_Maastrichtian	67.082	41.56
LO	ODP 748	Microdinium cassiculus	Mohr and Mao Shaozhi, 1997	0.67 in nan_n_CC24	70.837	-60.721
FO	Rif	Microdinium cassiculus	Slimani et al., 2016	0.55 in stage_Campanian	77.336	24.438
FO	Marlborough	Microdinium cassiculus	Wilson, 1984c	0 in stage_Maastrichtian	72.17	-59.199
LO	Marlborough	Microdinium cassiculus	Wilson, 1984c	1 in stage_Maastrichtian	66.04	-55.609
FO	Tarim Basin	Microdinium chengquani	He Chengquan, 1991	0.75 in stage_Turonian	90.518	36.293
LO	Tarim Basin	Microdinium chengquani	He Chengquan, 1991	1 in stage_Ypresian	48.07	38.365
LO	Svalbard	Microdinium consaeptum	Below, 1987b	0.75 in stage_Albian	103.675	71.132
FO	Svalbard	Microdinium consaeptum	Below, 1987b	0.25 in stage_Albian	110.025	70.655
LO	Svalbard	Microdinium consaeptum ssp. baculatum	Below, 1987b	0.75 in stage_Albian	103.675	71.132
FO	Svalbard	Microdinium consaeptum ssp. baculatum	Below, 1987b	0.25 in stage_Albian	110.025	70.655
FO	Maastricht	Microdinium cretaceum	Slimani, 1994	0 in stage_Maastrichtian	72.17	41.423
LO	Maastricht	Microdinium cretaceum	Slimani, 1994	1 in stage_Maastrichtian	66.04	40.619
FO	DSDP 400A	Microdinium crinitum	Davey, 1979b	1 in nan_u_BC22	113.173	38.959
LO	East Kent	Microdinium crinitum	Prince et al., 2008	0.2 in amm_b_Placenticeras polyopsis	84.94	43.829
FO	Vallentigny	Microdinium crinitum	Davey and Verdier, 1971	0 in amm_b_Leymeriella tardefurcata	111.27	40.016
FO	Maastricht	Microdinium deconinckii	Slimani, 1994	0.75 in stage_Campanian	75.04	41.799
LO	Maastricht	Microdinium deconinckii	Slimani, 1994	0.25 in stage_Danian	64.945	40.476
LO	ODP 959	Microdinium densigranulatum	Masure et al., 1998	0.5 in stage_Selandian	60.45	-9.257
LO	Stevns Klint	Microdinium densigranulatum	Surlyk et al., 2013	0.5 in nan_u_UC15	78.41	46.671
LO	Svalbard	Microdinium densigranulatum	Below, 1987b	0.75 in stage_Albian	103.675	71.132
FO	Svalbard	Microdinium densigranulatum	Below, 1987b	0.25 in stage_Albian	110.025	70.655
FO	Russia synthesis	Microdinium dentatum	Vozzhennikova, 1967	0 in stage_Cenomanian	100.5	43.575
LO	Russia synthesis	Microdinium dentatum	Vozzhennikova, 1967	1 in stage_Maastrichtian	66.04	43.082
LO	Bohemian Basin	Microdinium distinctum	Olde et al., 2015	0 in nan_u_UC9a	90.14	43.327
FO	Culver Cliff	Microdinium distinctum	Davey, 1969a	0 in stage_Cenomanian	100.5	43.028
LO	Culver Cliff	Microdinium distinctum	Davey, 1969a	0.5 in stage_Cenomanian	97.2	43.249
FO	Northwest France	Microdinium ellipsoideum	Deflandre, 1936b	0 in stage_Cenomanian	100.5	42.914
LO	Northwest France	Microdinium ellipsoideum	Deflandre, 1936b	1 in stage_Maastrichtian	66.04	40.72
FO	Australia synthesis	Microdinium glabrum	Cookson and Eisenack, 1974	0.25 in stage_Campanian	80.78	-49.165
LO	Australia synthesis	Microdinium glabrum	Cookson and Eisenack, 1974	1 in stage_Campanian	72.17	-48.36
FO	Meer	Microdinium granocarinatum	Slimani et al., 2011	0.55 in stage_Campanian	77.336	42.476
LO	Meer	Microdinium granocarinatum	Slimani et al., 2011	0.7 in stage_Campanian	75.614	42.322
FO	Vega Island	Microdinium gymnosuturum	Smith, 1992	0.5 in stage_Campanian	77.91	-63.76
LO	Vega Island	Microdinium gymnosuturum	Smith, 1992	0.5 in stage_Maastrichtian	69.105	-64.481
LO	Svalbard	Microdinium horridum	Below, 1987b	0.5 in stage_Maastrichtian	69.105	69.84
FO	Svalbard	Microdinium horridum	Below, 1987b	0.5 in stage_Campanian	77.91	70.639
FO	Maastricht	Microdinium inornatum	Slimani, 1994	0.75 in stage_Campanian	75.04	41.799
LO	Maastricht	Microdinium inornatum	Slimani, 1994	0.75 in stage_Maastrichtian	67.573	40.82
FO	Northwest Australia compilation	Microdinium jurassicum	Riding and Helby, 2001d	0.4 in stage_Callovian	163.786	-40.711
LO	Northwest Australia compilation	Microdinium jurassicum	Riding and Helby, 2001d	0.33 in stage_Oxfordian	159.303	-42.221
FO	Omsk No. 8	Microdinium kustanaicum	Lebedeva et al., 2013	0.5 in mag_C33r	81.775	52.294
FO	Russia synthesis	Microdinium kustanaicum	Vozzhennikova, 1967	0 in stage_Maastrichtian	72.17	43.645
LO	Russia synthesis	Microdinium kustanaicum	Vozzhennikova, 1967	1 in stage_Maastrichtian	66.04	43.082
FO	Meer	Microdinium marheineckei	Slimani et al., 2011	0.75 in stage_Maastrichtian	67.573	41.604
LO	Meer	Microdinium marheineckei	Slimani et al., 2011	0 in stage_Danian	66.04	41.467
FO	Stevns Klint	Microdinium mariae	Surlyk et al., 2013	0.5 in nan_u_UC15	78.41	46.671
FO	Meer	Microdinium mariae	Slimani et al., 2011	0.7 in stage_Campanian	75.614	42.322
LO	Meer	Microdinium mariae	Slimani et al., 2011	0.83 in stage_Maastrichtian	67.082	41.56
FO	Keiem	Microdinium minutum	Louwye, 1997	0.75 in stage_Cenomanian	95.55	43.723
LO	Keiem	Microdinium minutum	Louwye, 1997	1 in stage_Santonian	83.65	42.702
FO	Arctic Basin	Microdinium opacum	Bujak et al., 2022	0 in amm_b_Hildoceras bifrons	181.17	72.903
FO	Alberta	Microdinium opacum	Brideaux, 1971	0.5 in stage_Albian	106.85	63.658
LO	Alberta	Microdinium opacum	Brideaux, 1971	1 in stage_Albian	100.5	64.185
LO	ODP 748	Microdinium ornatum	Mao Shaozhi and Mohr, 1992	0.75 in nan_n_CC23	73.149	-60.608
FO	ODP 748	Microdinium ornatum	Mohr and Mao Shaozhi, 1997	1 in nan_e_Broinsonia parca expansa	82.286	-60.235
LO	Stevns Klint	Microdinium ornatum	Surlyk et al., 2013	1 in nan_u_UC20d	66.04	45.532
LO	Suvlu	Microdinium ornatum	King et al., 2018	0.4 in nan_n_NP12	52.016	38.088
FO	Australia synthesis	Microdinium ornatum	Helby et al., 1987	0.75 in stage_Albian	103.675	-54.302
LO	Australia synthesis	Microdinium ornatum	Helby et al., 1987	0.67 in stage_Turonian	90.878	-53.643
LO	East Kent	Microdinium ornatum	Prince et al., 2008	0.99 in amm_b_Placenticeras polyopsis	83.913	43.726
FO	East Kent	Microdinium ornatum	Prince et al., 2008	0 in amm_b_Peroniceras tridorsatum	89.39	44.319
LO	Isle of Wright	Microdinium ornatum	Clarke and Verdier, 1967	1 in stage_Santonian	83.65	42.596
LO	Omsk No. 8	Microdinium ornatum	Lebedeva et al., 2013	0.25 in nan_n_CC25a	69.902	51.505
FO	Pueblo	Microdinium ornatum	Dodsworth, 2000	0.03 in plfor_A_Whiteinella archaeocretacea	97.853	45.68
FO	Meer	Microdinium parvum	Slimani et al., 2011	0.55 in stage_Campanian	77.336	42.476
LO	Meer	Microdinium parvum	Slimani et al., 2011	0.55 in stage_Maastrichtian	68.798	41.713
FO	Meer	Microdinium pauciscabrosum	Slimani et al., 2011	0.95 in stage_Campanian	72.744	42.066
LO	Meer	Microdinium pauciscabrosum	Slimani et al., 2011	0.5 in stage_Maastrichtian	69.105	41.741
FO	Russia synthesis	Microdinium punctulatum	Vozzhennikova, 1967	0 in stage_Maastrichtian	72.17	43.645
LO	Russia synthesis	Microdinium punctulatum	Vozzhennikova, 1967	1 in stage_Maastrichtian	66.04	43.082
LO	Svalbard	Microdinium reteinvolvatum	Below, 1987b	1 in stage_Albian	100.5	71.371
FO	Svalbard	Microdinium reteinvolvatum	Below, 1987b	0.5 in stage_Albian	106.85	70.893
FO	North Sea Compilation	Microdinium reticulatum	Costa and Davey, 1992	0 in amm_b_Mantelliceras mantelli	100.25	45.025
LO	North Sea Compilation	Microdinium reticulatum	Costa and Davey, 1992	0.9 in amm_b_Placenticeras polyopsis	84.03	44.447
LO	Stevns Klint	Microdinium reticulatum	Surlyk et al., 2013	1 in nan_u_UC20b	67.818	45.696
FO	Stevns Klint	Microdinium reticulatum	Surlyk et al., 2013	0 in nan_u_UC20c	67.818	45.696
FO	Bylot Island	Microdinium scutella	Williams and Fensome, 2025	0.67 in stage_Coniacian	86.918	68.856
LO	Bylot Island	Microdinium scutella	Williams and Fensome, 2025	0.4 in stage_Campanian	79.058	67.844
LO	Svalbard	Microdinium septofibrosum	Below, 1987b	1 in stage_Albian	100.5	71.371
FO	Svalbard	Microdinium septofibrosum	Below, 1987b	0.5 in stage_Albian	106.85	70.893
LO	North Sea Compilation	Microdinium setosum	Costa and Davey, 1992	0.5 in amm_b_Collignoniceras woollgari	92.3	45.389
FO	Cordebugle	Microdinium setosum	Tocher and Jarvis, 1996	0 in amm_b_Mantelliceras mantelli	100.25	41.382
LO	Cordebugle	Microdinium setosum	Tocher and Jarvis, 1996	0.2 in amm_b_Mantelliceras mantelli	99.874	41.418
LO	East Kent	Microdinium setosum	Prince et al., 2008	0.2 in amm_b_Placenticeras polyopsis	84.94	43.829
LO	Isle of Wright	Microdinium setosum	Clarke and Verdier, 1967	1 in stage_Cenomanian	93.9	43.365
LO	Q13_14	Microdinium setosum	Duxbury, 2001	0 in amm_b_Dimorphoplites biplicatus	108.11	49.943
LO	Rodmell	Microdinium setosum	Tocher and Jarvis, 1996	0.9 in amm_b_Arrhaphoceras briacensis	100.316	43.104
FO	Vallentigny	Microdinium setosum	Davey and Verdier, 1971	0 in amm_b_Leymeriella tardefurcata	111.27	40.016
FO	DSDP 361	Microdinium setosum	Davey, 1978	1 in nan_c_NC6b	119.401	-42.573
FO	Meer	Microdinium setosum	Slimani et al., 2011	0.6 in stage_Campanian	76.762	42.425
LO	Meer	Microdinium setosum	Slimani et al., 2011	0.67 in stage_Maastrichtian	68.063	41.647
FO	Beibu Gulf	Microdinium shangsicum	He Chengquan, 1984b	0 in stage_Danian	66.04	36.544
LO	Beibu Gulf	Microdinium shangsicum	He Chengquan, 1984b	1 in stage_Ypresian	48.07	37.45
FO	Russia synthesis	Microdinium singulare	Vozzhennikova, 1967	0 in stage_Ypresian	56	43.986
LO	Russia synthesis	Microdinium singulare	Vozzhennikova, 1967	1 in stage_Priabonian	33.9	45.388
FO	Bylot Island	Microdinium sinuatus	Williams and Fensome, 2025	0.33 in stage_Coniacian	88.172	69.073
LO	Bylot Island	Microdinium sinuatus	Williams and Fensome, 2025	0.8 in stage_Campanian	74.466	67.581
LO	Stevns Klint	Microdinium sonciniae	Surlyk et al., 2013	0.25 in nan_u_UC20d	66.969	45.618
FO	Omsk No. 8	Microdinium sonciniae	Lebedeva et al., 2013	0 in mag_C31r	71.451	51.616
LO	Omsk No. 8	Microdinium sonciniae	Lebedeva et al., 2013	0.45 in nan_n_CC25a	69.709	51.491
LO	Meer	Microdinium sonciniae	Slimani et al., 2011	0.25 in stage_Danian	64.945	41.369
FO	Culver Cliff	Microdinium variospinum	Davey, 1969a	0 in stage_Cenomanian	100.5	43.028
LO	Culver Cliff	Microdinium variospinum	Davey, 1969a	1 in stage_Cenomanian	93.9	43.468
FO	Noto Peninsula	Microdinium wakuraense	Fuji, 1966	0 in stage_Tortonian	11.65	41.838
LO	Noto Peninsula	Microdinium wakuraense	Fuji, 1966	1 in stage_Messinian	5.333	39.902