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
LO	Marche	Distatodinium apenninicum	Wilpshaar et al., 1996	0.5 in mag_C6Bn.1n	21.895	36.005
FO	Marche	Distatodinium apenninicum	Wilpshaar et al., 1996	0.5 in mag_C6Bn.2n	22.192	35.932
FO	Monte Cagnero	Distatodinium apenninicum	Brinkhuis et al., 1992	0.5 in mag_C6Cn	22.83	35.502
LO	Contessa	Distatodinium apenninicum	Montanari et al., 1997	0.9 in plfor_A_N4	21.361	35.846
LO	Marche	Distatodinium biffii	Zevenboom, 1995	0.6 in mag_C6Cr	23.601	35.585
LO	Monte Cagnero	Distatodinium biffii	Brinkhuis et al., 1992	0 in mag_C6Cr	24.025	35.211
FO	Monte Cagnero	Distatodinium biffii	Brinkhuis et al., 1992	1 in plfor_A_P21	26.93	34.504
FO	Rupel	Distatodinium biffii	Van Simaeys et al., 2004	0.85 in nan_n_NP23	27.866	43.787
LO	Umbria-Marche	Distatodinium biffii	Pross et al., 2010	0.5 in mag_C7Ar	24.932	35.03
FO	Umbria-Marche	Distatodinium biffii	Pross et al., 2010	0.5 in mag_C9n	26.93	34.546
LO	Jylland	Distatodinium biffii	Dybkjaer and Piasecki, 2010	0.65 in nan_n_NP25	24.415	49.301
LO	ODP 1168	Distatodinium biffii	Brinkhuis et al., 2003a	0.5 in mag_C8r	26.203	-51.763
FO	ODP 1168	Distatodinium biffii	Brinkhuis et al., 2003a	0.5 in mag_C9n	26.93	-52.144
FO	Jutland	Distatodinium biffii	Śliwińska et al., 2012	0 in mag_C11n.2n	29.97	49.229
FO	ODP 985	Distatodinium biffii	Eldrett et al., 2019	0.5 in mag_C13n	33.47	58.948
LO	ODP 985	Distatodinium biffii	Eldrett et al., 2019	1 in mag_C8n.1n	25.099	59.936
FO	ODP 908	Distatodinium biffii	Eldrett et al., 2019	0.75 in mag_C12r	31.536	68.779
LO	ODP 908	Distatodinium biffii	Eldrett et al., 2019	0.9 in mag_C9n	26.522	69.468
LO	Rhine graben	Distatodinium biffii	Van Simaeys et al., 2005	1 in nan_n_NP25	23.126	44.597
FO	Contessa	Distatodinium biffii	Wilpshaar et al., 1996	0.5 in mag_C10n.1r	28.114	34.224
FO	Umbria-Marche	Distatodinium biffii ssp. sensu lato	Pross et al., 2010	0 in mag_C10n.1r	28.141	34.27
LO	Umbria-Marche	Distatodinium biffii ssp. sensu lato	Pross et al., 2010	1 in mag_C7r	24.459	35.145
LO	Marche	Distatodinium cavatum	Zevenboom, 1995	0.5 in mag_C5ACn	13.905	38.365
FO	Marche	Distatodinium cavatum	Zevenboom, 1995	0 in mag_C6AAn	21.204	36.175
FO	Massignano	Distatodinium ellipticum	Van Mourik and Brinkhuis, 2005	0.75 in mag_C13r	34.07	33.994
LO	North Sea Compilation	Distatodinium ellipticum	Powell, 1992	0.4 in nan_n_NP25	25.336	45.852
FO	North Sea Compilation	Distatodinium ellipticum	Powell, 1992	0.5 in plfor_A_P11	43.634	44.484
FO	ODP 913	Distatodinium ellipticum	Eldrett et al., 2004	0 in mag_C20n	43.45	63.315
LO	ODP 913	Distatodinium ellipticum	Firth, 1996	0.25 in mag_C15n	35.277	65.542
FO	DSDP 338	Distatodinium ellipticum	Eldrett and Harding, 2009	0 in mag_C19n	41.18	60.018
LO	DSDP 338	Distatodinium ellipticum	Eldrett and Harding, 2009	0 in mag_C19n	41.18	60.018
FO	ODP 643	Distatodinium ellipticum	Eldrett et al., 2004	0 in mag_C19n	41.18	59.765
FO	Volga Basin	Distatodinium ellipticum	Vasilyeva, 2024	0.5 in nan_c_CP13c	42.717	50.11
FO	Kysing-4	Distatodinium ellipticum	Heilmann-Clausen and Van Simaeys, 2005	1 in nan_n_NP15	43.387	48.016
FO	Marche	Distatodinium fusiforme	Biffi and Manum, 1988	0 in plfor_A_N4	23.53	35.602
FO	Northwest Pacific	Distatodinium fusiforme	Bujak and Matsuoka, 1986	0.5 in stage_Burdigalian	18.22	56.194
LO	Northwest Pacific	Distatodinium fusiforme	Bujak and Matsuoka, 1986	0.5 in stage_Langhian	14.905	54.567
FO	Marche	Distatodinium paradoxum	Biffi and Manum, 1988	0 in nan_n_NP25	26.81	34.794
LO	Marche	Distatodinium paradoxum	Biffi and Manum, 1988	0 in plfor_A_P22	26.93	34.765
FO	Scotian Margin	Distatodinium paradoxum	Williams et al., 1993	0.5 in stage_Rupelian	30.595	39.464
LO	Scotian Margin	Distatodinium paradoxum	Fensome et al., 2008	0.25 between 0 nan_n_NN5 1 nan_n_NN7	13.867	40.893
FO	Massignano	Distatodinium paradoxum	Van Mourik and Brinkhuis, 2005	0.5 in mag_C16n.1n	35.649	33.804
LO	North Sea Compilation	Distatodinium paradoxum	Powell, 1992	0.8 in nan_n_NN4	15.476	47.911
FO	North Sea Compilation	Distatodinium paradoxum	Powell, 1992	0.3 in plfor_A_P12	42.403	44.646
LO	ODP 913	Distatodinium paradoxum	Firth, 1996	0.5 in mag_C18r	40.551	64.242
LO	Chesapeake Bay	Distatodinium paradoxum	De Verteuil and Norris, 1996a	0.25 in nan_n_NN5	14.56	36.308
FO	DSDP 548	Distatodinium paradoxum	Brown and Downie, 1985	0 in nan_n_NN2	22.68	42.432
LO	DSDP 548	Distatodinium paradoxum	Brown and Downie, 1985	1 in nan_n_NN2	19.18	43.081
LO	IODP U1318	Distatodinium paradoxum	Louwye et al., 2008	0.8 in mag_C5Br	15.348	46.489
LO	Northwest Pacific	Distatodinium paradoxum	Bujak and Matsuoka, 1986	0.5 in stage_Langhian	14.905	54.567
LO	Papendorf	Distatodinium paradoxum	Strauss and Lund, 1992	1 in nan_n_NN4	14.86	49.058
FO	Priabona	Distatodinium paradoxum	Brinkhuis, 1994	1 in nan_c_CP15	34.44	36.195
LO	Shukheir-1	Distatodinium paradoxum	Soliman et al., 2012	0.5 in nan_n_NN4	16.4	22.784
FO	Shukheir-1	Distatodinium paradoxum	Soliman et al., 2012	0 in nan_n_NP12	52.93	14.046
LO	Jutland	Distatodinium paradoxum	Kellner et al., 2025	0.85 in stage_Burdigalian	16.659	51.503
LO	ODP 647	Distatodinium paradoxum	Head and Norris, 1989	0.5 in nan_n_NP23	29.577	46.778
LO	Synthesis N Germany	Distatodinium paradoxum	Köthe, 2012	0.5 in nan_n_NN5	14.26	47.821
LO	ODP 1053	Distatodinium paradoxum	Van Mourik et al., 2001	0 in mag_C13r	35.102	27.188
FO	ODP 1053	Distatodinium paradoxum	Van Mourik et al., 2001	0.22 in nan_c_CP15	37.037	26.919
LO	ODP 907	Distatodinium paradoxum	Schreck and Matthiessen, 2014	0.5 in mag_C5ADr	14.692	64.446
LO	Lobo X-1	Distatodinium paradoxum	Daners et al., 2025	0 in stage_Langhian	15.99	-40.064
FO	Paris Basin	Distatodinium parisiense	Châteauneuf, 1980	0.5 in stage_Lutetian	44.55	40.542
LO	Paris Basin	Distatodinium parisiense	Châteauneuf, 1980	1 in stage_Lutetian	41.03	40.999
FO	Kysing-4	Distatodinium pilosum	Heilmann-Clausen and Van Simaeys, 2005	0 in stage_Lutetian	48.07	47.422
LO	Kysing-4	Distatodinium pilosum	Heilmann-Clausen and Van Simaeys, 2005	1 in stage_Bartonian	37.71	48.737
LO	North Sea Compilation	Distatodinium scariosum	Powell, 1992	0.2 in nan_n_NP23	31.043	45.423
FO	North Sea Compilation	Distatodinium scariosum	Powell, 1992	0.33 in plfor_A_P18	33.418	45.397
FO	Paris Basin	Distatodinium solidum	Châteauneuf, 1980	0 in stage_Lutetian	48.07	40.084
LO	Paris Basin	Distatodinium solidum	Châteauneuf, 1980	1 in stage_Lutetian	41.03	40.999
FO	Tönisberg	Distatodinium tenerum	Benedek, 1972	0.5 in stage_Rupelian	30.595	44.086
LO	Tönisberg	Distatodinium tenerum	Benedek, 1972	0.5 in stage_Chattian	25.165	44.532
FO	Blake Plateau	Distatodinium virgatum	Stover, 1977	0 in stage_Rupelian	33.9	27.347
LO	Blake Plateau	Distatodinium virgatum	Stover, 1977	1 in stage_Rupelian	27.29	28.06