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Heliodiscus

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Heliodiscidae

Taxonomy
Heliodiscus was named by Haeckel (1862) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise R Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Heliodiscidae.

It was assigned to Heliodiscidae by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
H. acucinctus, H. saturnalis, H. tunicatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. asteriscus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Heliodiscus Haeckel
1892Heliodiscus acucinctus Rüst
1892Heliodiscus saturnalis Rüst
2001Heliodiscus De Wever et al. p. 124
2002Heliodiscus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyHeliodiscidaeHaeckel 1881
genusHeliodiscusHaeckel 1862

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Heliodiscus Haeckel 1862
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Heliodiscus tunicatus O'Connor 1997
Invalid names: Heliodiscus acucinctus Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium], Heliodiscus saturnalis Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicap
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: omnivorep
Created: 2005-01-28 01:13:47
Modified: 2005-01-28 03:13:47
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 152.21000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 149.2 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Antarctica H. sp. B (46961)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Antarctica H. sp. B (46969)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Oman H. sp. A (47180)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Germany (Bayern) H. sp. (95842)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Germany (Bayern) H. sp. (95841)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0New Zealand (Marlborough) H. sp. (95884 95885 95886 95888)
Danian66.0 - 61.66New Zealand (Marlborough) H. sp. (95877 95878 95883 95892 95893 95894 95895 95896 95897 95900 95901 95902)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Pacific H. asteriscus (266893 266894 266895 266896)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58North Pacific H. asteriscus (257601)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific H. asteriscus (262431 262433)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific H. asteriscus (248425 248426 253647 253648 264862 264865 264875 267604)
NN191.9 - 0.42North Pacific H. asteriscus (266887)
Matuyama0.99 - 0.773North Pacific H. asteriscus (265534)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan H. tunicatus (233640 233708 233709 233710 233711 233712)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan H. tunicatus (233713)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific H. asteriscus (266882 266883 266884 266885 266886)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Pacific H. asteriscus (255100 255101)