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Helicosphaera carteri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Coccosphaera carterii Wallich
1954Helicosphaera carteri Kamptner

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
RankNameAuthor
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
genusHelicosphaeraKamptner 1954
speciescarteri(Wallich 1877)

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.

†Helicosphaera carteri Wallich 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: oceanic, oligotrophic, marine, brackishp
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Depth habitat: surfacep
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2006-10-31 06:24:05
Modified: 2006-10-31 08:24:05
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Holocene or 85.70000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4079 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Indian Ocean Helicosphaera carteri (252608)
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0Indian Ocean Helicosphaera carteri (256511 256512 256513)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03North Atlantic Helicosphaera carteri (266043 266044)
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.04South Pacific Helicosphaera carteri (273087)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03North Atlantic Helicosphaera carteri (267970 267971 267972 267973 267974 267977)
NP1546.7 - 43.3South Pacific Helicosphaera carteri (255383)
H. alabamensis HOZ34.3 - 33.8South Pacific Helicosphaera carteri (250024)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3North Pacific Helicosphaera carteri (248436)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3North Atlantic Helicosphaera carteri (267969)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04North Atlantic Helicosphaera carteri (261079 261080 261081 261082 261083 261084 261085 261086 261087 261088)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific Helicosphaera carteri (244821 247136 247137 247138 248357 248358 248359 248360 248361 248362 248363 248364 248365 248367 250252 250253 250254 250255 250256 250258 250259 250260 250261 250262 250264 250265 252559 252560 256346 256352 256353 256356 256357 257619 257620 257621 258994 258995 259133 259134 259135 259136 259137 259138 259139 259140 259141 259142 259143 259144)
NN210.29 - 0.0South Pacific Helicosphaera carteri (244048 244051 244052 244053 244054 244056 244057 244058 244059 244060 244061 244062 244063 244064 244065 244066 244067 244375 244400 246538 246541 269204 269205 269207)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Atlantic Helicosphaera carteri (265028) Helicosphaera carteri, Helicosphaera carteri (265029 265030 265031 265032)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Pacific Helicosphaera carteri (252137 252138 252139 252140 252141 252142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Pacific Helicosphaera carteri (271930 271931 271932 271933 271934 271935 271936 271937 271938 271939 271940 271941 271942)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Atlantic Helicosphaera carteri (264456 264739 264970 265298)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indian Ocean Helicosphaera carteri (249771 249778 255534 255535) Helicosphaera carteri, Helicosphaera carteri (249767 249768 249769 249770 249772 249773 249774 249776 249777 249779 255532 255533 255536)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indian Ocean Helicosphaera carteri (250802)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Pacific Helicosphaera carteri (249128)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Atlantic Helicosphaera carteri (264990 265674)