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	Dorset-Yorkshire	Meiourogonyaulax acanthosphaera	Sarjeant, 1961a	0 in stage_Oxfordian	161.53	38.7
LO	Dorset-Yorkshire	Meiourogonyaulax acanthosphaera	Sarjeant, 1961a	0.5 in stage_Oxfordian	158.155	38.883
FO	Rio Argos	Meiourogonyaulax amlasis	Leereveld, 1997a	0.6 in amm_t_Lyticoceras nodosoplicatum	130.328	24.245
LO	Rio Argos	Meiourogonyaulax amlasis	Leereveld, 1997a	1 in amm_t_Subsaynella sayni	128.82	24.349
FO	Northwest Australia compilation	Meiourogonyaulax angularis	Stevens and Helby, 1987	0 in stage_Berriasian	143.1	-51.329
LO	Northwest Australia compilation	Meiourogonyaulax angularis	Stevens and Helby, 1987	0.5 in stage_Berriasian	140.4	-52.328
FO	Yorkshire	Meiourogonyaulax araneosa	Muir and Sarjeant, 1978	0.25 in stage_Callovian	164.35	39.448
LO	Yorkshire	Meiourogonyaulax araneosa	Muir and Sarjeant, 1978	0.75 in stage_Callovian	162.47	39.54
FO	Timor Sea	Meiourogonyaulax baculata	Mantle, 2009a	0 in stage_Callovian	165.29	-41.506
LO	Timor Sea	Meiourogonyaulax baculata	Mantle, 2009a	1 in stage_Callovian	161.53	-42.73
LO	Caucasus	Meiourogonyaulax bathonica	Smelror and Lominadze, 1989	1 in amm_b_Proplanulites koenigi	163.87	41.39
FO	Israel	Meiourogonyaulax bathonica	Conway, 1978	0.5 in stage_Bathonian	166.73	7.041
FO	DSDP 100	Meiourogonyaulax bejui	Zotto et al., 1987	0 in stage_Kimmeridgian	154.78	16.454
LO	DSDP 100	Meiourogonyaulax bejui	Zotto et al., 1987	1 in stage_Kimmeridgian	149.24	19.021
LO	North Sea Coast	Meiourogonyaulax borealis	Riley and Fenton, 1982	1 in amm_b_Erymnoceras coronatum	162.91	36.579
FO	Yorkshire	Meiourogonyaulax borealis	Sarjeant, 1980b	0.5 in stage_Bathonian	166.73	39.331
LO	Scotian Margin	Meiourogonyaulax bulloidea	Williams et al., 1993	0 in stage_Aptian	121.4	37.248
FO	Scotian Margin	Meiourogonyaulax bulloidea	Williams et al., 1993	0.4 in stage_Hauterivian	130.16	35.289
FO	Northwest Australia compilation	Meiourogonyaulax bulloidea	Riding and Helby, 2001f	0 in stage_Tithonian	149.24	-49.057
LO	Northwest Australia compilation	Meiourogonyaulax bulloidea	Riding and Helby, 2001f	0.4 in stage_Valanginian	135.66	-54.081
LO	DSDP 361	Meiourogonyaulax bulloidea	Davey, 1978	0.55 in nan_c_NC6b	119.901	-42.572
FO	DSDP 361	Meiourogonyaulax bulloidea	Davey, 1978	0.2 in nan_c_NC6b	120.291	-42.507
FO	Haldager 1	Meiourogonyaulax bulloidea	Davey, 1982	1 in amm_b_Surites icenii	138.25	43.829
FO	Rio Argos	Meiourogonyaulax bulloidea	Leereveld, 1997a	0.5 in amm_t_Lyticoceras nodosoplicatum	130.425	24.263
LO	Caucasus	Meiourogonyaulax callomonii	Smelror and Lominadze, 1989	1 in amm_b_Proplanulites koenigi	163.87	41.39
LO	Milne Land	Meiourogonyaulax callomonii	Smelror, 1988a	1 in amm_b_Peltoceras athleta	162.45	50.755
FO	Milne Land	Meiourogonyaulax callomonii	Smelror, 1988a	0.5 in amm_b_Sigaloceras calloviense	163.67	50.657
LO	North Sea Compilation	Meiourogonyaulax caytonensis	Copestake and Partington, 2023	1 in amm_b_Quenstedtoceras lamberti	161.53	40.13
FO	North Sea Compilation	Meiourogonyaulax caytonensis	Riding and Thomas, 1992	0 in amm_b_Stephanoceras humphriesianum	170.09	39.931
FO	Champagne	Meiourogonyaulax caytonensis	Fauconnier, 1995	0 in amm_b_Witchellia laeviuscula	170.67	37.362
LO	Champagne	Meiourogonyaulax caytonensis	Fauconnier, 1995	1 in amm_b_Erymnoceras coronatum	162.91	37.374
FO	Czestochowa	Meiourogonyaulax caytonensis	Poulsen, 1998	0.4 in amm_t_Parkinsonia parkinsoni	168.5	42.315
FO	Isle of Skye	Meiourogonyaulax caytonensis	Riding and Thomas, 1997	0 in amm_b_Macrocephalites herveyi	165.29	43.1
LO	Isle of Skye	Meiourogonyaulax caytonensis	Riding and Thomas, 1997	0 in amm_b_Peltoceras athleta	162.91	43.363
FO	Dorset-Yorkshire	Meiourogonyaulax caytonensis	Woollam and Riding, 1983	0 in amm_b_Garantiana garantiana	169.27	38.282
LO	Kong Karls Land	Meiourogonyaulax caytonensis	Smelror, 1988b	0 in amm_b_Cardioceras cordatum	159.66	67.244
FO	Kong Karls Land	Meiourogonyaulax caytonensis	Smelror, 1988b	0.75 between 0 amm_b_Macrocephalites herveyi 1 amm_b_Peltoceras athleta	163.16	66.832
FO	Dorset-Yorkshire	Meiourogonyaulax cristulata	Sarjeant, 1959	0 in stage_Callovian	165.29	38.497
LO	North Sea Coast	Meiourogonyaulax cristulata	Riley and Fenton, 1982	1 in amm_b_Erymnoceras coronatum	162.91	36.579
FO	Scotian Margin	Meiourogonyaulax deflandrei	Williams et al., 1993	0.15 in stage_Bathonian	167.738	29.113
LO	Scotian Margin	Meiourogonyaulax deflandrei	Williams et al., 1993	0.15 in stage_Oxfordian	160.518	31.135
LO	Arctic Basin	Meiourogonyaulax deflandrei	Bujak et al., 2022	0 in amm_b_Pictonia baylei	154.78	73.231
FO	Milne Land	Meiourogonyaulax deflandrei	Smelror, 1988a	0.6 in amm_b_Proplanulites koenigi	164.162	50.617
LO	Milne Land	Meiourogonyaulax deflandrei	Smelror, 1988a	0.8 in amm_b_Proplanulites koenigi	164.016	50.629
FO	Kandern	Meiourogonyaulax deflandrei	Dimter and Smelror, 1990	0.8 in amm_b_Sigaloceras calloviense	163.55	37.456
LO	Speeton	Meiourogonyaulax dentata	Duxbury, 2023	0.4 in amm_b_Endemoceras regale	131.45	40.731
FO	Speeton	Meiourogonyaulax dentata	Duxbury, 2023	0.3 in amm_b_Endemoceras regale	131.54	40.736
FO	Australia synthesis	Meiourogonyaulax diaphana	Helby et al., 1987	0.75 in stage_Tithonian	144.635	-48.97
LO	Northwest Australia compilation	Meiourogonyaulax diaphana	Stevens, 1987	0.5 in stage_Berriasian	140.4	-52.328
FO	Volga Basin	Meiourogonyaulax distincta	Smith and Harding, 2004	0 in stage_Valanginian	137.7	44.971
LO	Volga Basin	Meiourogonyaulax distincta	Smith and Harding, 2004	0.5 in stage_Valanginian	135.15	44.516
FO	Bistrita	Meiourogonyaulax ghermanii	Beju, 1971	0 in stage_Callovian	165.29	37.783
LO	Bistrita	Meiourogonyaulax ghermanii	Beju, 1971	0.5 in stage_Oxfordian	158.155	36.657
FO	North Bulgaria	Meiourogonyaulax insulofigurata	Dodekova, 1975	0 in stage_Barremian	126.5	32.475
LO	North Bulgaria	Meiourogonyaulax insulofigurata	Dodekova, 1975	0.5 in stage_Barremian	123.95	33.116
FO	North Sea Compilation	Meiourogonyaulax lacunosa	Duxbury, 2019	0.5 in stage_Barremian	123.95	40.958
LO	North Sea Compilation	Meiourogonyaulax lacunosa	Duxbury, 2019	1 in stage_Barremian	121.4	41.669
FO	ODP 765	Meiourogonyaulax maculata	Helby and McMinn, 1992	0.8 in nan_n_CC3	133.855	-51.695
LO	Perth Basin	Meiourogonyaulax maculata	Backhouse, 1988	0 in stage_Barremian	126.5	-62.458
FO	Mombasa	Meiourogonyaulax mombasensis	Jiang Qinghua et al., 1992	0 in stage_Kimmeridgian	154.78	-27.846
LO	Mombasa	Meiourogonyaulax mombasensis	Jiang Qinghua et al., 1992	1 in stage_Tithonian	143.1	-29.301
LO	Northwest Australia compilation	Meiourogonyaulax penitabulata	Riding and Helby, 2001b	0.65 in stage_Callovian	162.846	-41.028
FO	Northwest Australia compilation	Meiourogonyaulax penitabulata	Riding and Helby, 2001c	0.55 in stage_Callovian	163.222	-40.901
FO	ODP 638B	Meiourogonyaulax pertusa	Masure, 1988a	0.25 in nan_n_CC3b	135.683	34.936
LO	Rio Argos	Meiourogonyaulax pertusa	Leereveld, 1997a	1 in amm_t_Subsaynella sayni	128.82	24.349
LO	Speeton	Meiourogonyaulax pertusa	Duxbury, 2023	0.5 in amm_b_Craspedodiscus gottschei	128.405	41.41
FO	Southwest Morocco	Meiourogonyaulax pertusa ssp. heta	Below, 1981a	0 in stage_Hauterivian	132.6	24.339
LO	Southwest Morocco	Meiourogonyaulax pertusa ssp. heta	Below, 1981a	1 in stage_Hauterivian	126.5	24.388
FO	Dongpu	Meiourogonyaulax pila	Gitmez and Sarjeant, 1972	0.25 in stage_Kimmeridgian	153.395	13.218
LO	Dongpu	Meiourogonyaulax pila	Gitmez and Sarjeant, 1972	1 in stage_Kimmeridgian	149.24	12.889
FO	Arctic Basin	Meiourogonyaulax planoseptata	Bujak et al., 2022	0 in amm_b_Proplanulites koenigi	164.6	73.297
LO	Arctic Basin	Meiourogonyaulax planoseptata	Bujak et al., 2022	0 in amm_b_Quenstedtoceras mariae	161.53	73.58
FO	Caucasus	Meiourogonyaulax planoseptata	Smelror and Lominadze, 1989	0 in amm_t_Erymnoceras coronatum	163.3	41.178
LO	Caucasus	Meiourogonyaulax planoseptata	Smelror and Lominadze, 1989	1 in amm_b_Kosmoceras jason	163.3	41.178
FO	Isle of Skye	Meiourogonyaulax planoseptata	Riding and Thomas, 1997	0 in amm_b_Macrocephalites herveyi	165.29	43.1
LO	Isle of Skye	Meiourogonyaulax planoseptata	Riding and Thomas, 1997	0.9 in amm_b_Macrocephalites herveyi	164.669	43.169
FO	Barentz Sea	Meiourogonyaulax planoseptata	Smelror, 1994	1 in stage_Bathonian	165.29	65.022
LO	Barentz Sea	Meiourogonyaulax planoseptata	Smelror, 1994	0 in stage_Oxfordian	161.53	65.424
LO	DSDP 400A	Meiourogonyaulax psora	Davey, 1979b	0.5 in nan_u_BC21	116.709	37.996
FO	La Bedoule	Meiourogonyaulax psora	Davey and Verdier, 1974	0 in stage_Aptian	121.4	31.737
LO	North Sea Compilation	Meiourogonyaulax reticulata	Riding and Thomas, 1992	1 in amm_b_Clydoniceras discus	165.29	40.043
FO	North Sea Compilation	Meiourogonyaulax reticulata	Riding and Thomas, 1992	0 in amm_b_Procerites hodsoni	166.04	40.025
LO	Australia synthesis	Meiourogonyaulax reticulata	Helby et al., 1987	0.8 in stage_Berriasian	138.78	-52.033
LO	Caucasus	Meiourogonyaulax reticulata	Smelror and Lominadze, 1989	1 in amm_b_Kosmoceras jason	163.3	41.178
FO	Champagne	Meiourogonyaulax reticulata	Fauconnier, 1995	0 in amm_b_Stephanoceras humphriesianum	170.09	37.363
LO	Champagne	Meiourogonyaulax reticulata	Fauconnier, 1995	1 in amm_b_Stephanoceras humphriesianum	169.74	37.364
FO	Isle of Skye	Meiourogonyaulax reticulata	Riding and Thomas, 1997	0.25 in amm_b_Macrocephalites herveyi	165.118	43.119
LO	Isle of Skye	Meiourogonyaulax reticulata	Riding and Thomas, 1997	0 in amm_b_Peltoceras athleta	162.91	43.363
FO	Northwest France	Meiourogonyaulax rioulti	Sarjeant, 1965	0 in stage_Callovian	165.29	37.967
LO	Northwest France	Meiourogonyaulax rioulti	Sarjeant, 1965	0.5 in stage_Callovian	163.41	38
FO	Caucasus	Meiourogonyaulax spongiosa	Smelror and Lominadze, 1989	0 in amm_b_Kosmoceras jason	163.47	41.242
LO	Caucasus	Meiourogonyaulax spongiosa	Smelror and Lominadze, 1989	1 in amm_b_Kosmoceras jason	163.3	41.178
LO	Czestochowa	Meiourogonyaulax spongiosa	Poulsen, 1998	0 in amm_t_Clydoniceras discus	165.5	41.926
FO	Czestochowa	Meiourogonyaulax spongiosa	Poulsen, 1998	0.75 in amm_t_Procerites aurigerus	167.12	42.136
FO	Figueira Da Foz	Meiourogonyaulax spongiosa	Smelror et al., 1991	0 in amm_t_Macrocephalites gracilis	164.68	31.207
FO	Figueira Da Foz	Meiourogonyaulax spongiosa	Smelror et al., 1991	0.6 in amm_t_Bullatimorphites bullatus	164.924	31.184
FO	North Sea Compilation	Meiourogonyaulax stoveri	Costa and Davey, 1992	0 in amm_b_Endemoceras amblygonium	132.6	39.441
LO	North Sea Compilation	Meiourogonyaulax stoveri	Costa and Davey, 1992	1 in amm_b_Leymeriella tardefurcata	110.87	44.04
LO	DSDP 400A	Meiourogonyaulax stoveri	Davey, 1979b	0.33 in nan_u_BC22	114.12	38.848
LO	ODP 638B	Meiourogonyaulax stoveri	Masure, 1988a	0.5 in nan_n_CC6	123.471	34.61
FO	ODP 638B	Meiourogonyaulax stoveri	Masure, 1988a	0.9 in nan_n_CC4b	128.299	34.083
LO	Vallentigny	Meiourogonyaulax stoveri	Davey and Verdier, 1971	0.5 in amm_b_Anahoplites intermedius	108.905	40.159
LO	ODP 765	Meiourogonyaulax stoveri	Helby and McMinn, 1992	0.2 in mag_C34n	113.501	-48.685
FO	North Sea Compilation	Meiourogonyaulax stoveri ssp. grandis	Duxbury, 2019	0.75 in stage_Barremian	122.675	41.314
LO	North Sea Compilation	Meiourogonyaulax stoveri ssp. grandis	Duxbury, 2019	0.25 in stage_Aptian	119.35	42.268
LO	Speeton	Meiourogonyaulax stoveri ssp. inflata	Duxbury, 2023	0.34 in amm_b_Simbirskites marginatus	127.745	41.59
FO	Speeton	Meiourogonyaulax stoveri ssp. inflata	Duxbury, 2023	0.5 in amm_b_Craspedodiscus gottschei	128.405	41.41
FO	Northwest Australia compilation	Meiourogonyaulax straussii	Mantle and Riding, 2012	0 in stage_Bajocian	170.9	-38.317
LO	Northwest Australia compilation	Meiourogonyaulax straussii	Mantle and Riding, 2012	1 in stage_Bathonian	165.29	-40.205
FO	Milne Land	Meiourogonyaulax strongyla	Smelror, 1988a	0 in amm_b_Sigaloceras calloviense	163.87	50.641
LO	Milne Land	Meiourogonyaulax strongyla	Smelror, 1988a	0.25 in amm_b_Sigaloceras calloviense	163.77	50.649
FO	Jameson Land	Meiourogonyaulax strongyla	Sarjeant, 1972	0 in stage_Bathonian	168.17	50.806
LO	Jameson Land	Meiourogonyaulax strongyla	Sarjeant, 1972	1 in stage_Bathonian	165.29	51.04
FO	Bielefeld	Meiourogonyaulax superornata	Wetzel, 1967a	0.5 in stage_Bathonian	166.73	40.623
LO	Bielefeld	Meiourogonyaulax superornata	Wetzel, 1967a	1 in stage_Bathonian	165.29	40.576
LO	North Sea Compilation	Meiourogonyaulax valensii	Copestake and Partington, 2023	0 in amm_b_Procerites progracilis	166.97	40.004
FO	North Sea Compilation	Meiourogonyaulax valensii	Copestake and Partington, 2023	0.1 in amm_b_Stephanoceras humphriesianum	170.055	39.932
FO	North Sea Compilation	Meiourogonyaulax valensii	Riding and Thomas, 1992	0 in amm_b_Leioceras opalinum	174.7	40.774
LO	North Sea Compilation	Meiourogonyaulax valensii	Riding and Thomas, 1992	0.67 in amm_b_Zigzagiceras zigzag	167.366	39.994
FO	Arctic Basin	Meiourogonyaulax valensii	Bujak et al., 2022	0 in amm_b_Kosmoceras jason	163.47	73.401
FO	Champagne	Meiourogonyaulax valensii	Fauconnier, 1995	0 in amm_b_Witchellia laeviuscula	170.67	37.362
LO	Champagne	Meiourogonyaulax valensii	Fauconnier, 1995	1 in amm_b_Erymnoceras coronatum	162.91	37.374
LO	Czestochowa	Meiourogonyaulax valensii	Poulsen, 1998	0.8 in amm_t_Parkinsonia parkinsoni	168.28	42.287
FO	Figueira Da Foz	Meiourogonyaulax valensii	Smelror et al., 1991	0.4 in amm_t_Bullatimorphites bullatus	165.046	31.173
LO	Calvados	Meiourogonyaulax valensii	Feist-Burkhardt and Monteil, 1997	0.67 in amm_b_Parkinsonia parkinsoni	168.351	35.983
FO	Calvados	Meiourogonyaulax valensii	Feist-Burkhardt and Monteil, 1997	0.5 in amm_b_Stephanoceras humphriesianum	169.915	35.92
FO	Dorset-Yorkshire	Meiourogonyaulax valensii	Woollam and Riding, 1983	0 in amm_b_Garantiana garantiana	169.27	38.282
FO	Northwest Australia compilation	Meiourogonyaulax viriosa	Riding and Helby, 2001d	0.5 in stage_Callovian	163.41	-40.838
LO	Northwest Australia compilation	Meiourogonyaulax viriosa	Riding and Helby, 2001d	1 in stage_Callovian	161.53	-41.471