Heliodiscus Haeckel 1862 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Heliodiscidae

Parent taxon: Heliodiscidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Astrophacus, Excentrococcus, Excentrodiscus, Excentrosphaerella

Subtaxa: Heliodiscus acucinctus Heliodiscus saturnalis Heliodiscus tunicatus

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• NN21 of North Pacific (5 collections)

• Quaternary of Japan (7), North Pacific (12)

• Pliocene of North Pacific (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of North Pacific (1)

• Miocene of North Pacific (4)

• Paleocene of New Zealand (12)

• Cretaceous of Germany (2), New Zealand (4), Oman (1)

• Jurassic of Antarctica (2)

Total: 52 collections each including a single occurrence

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