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Coccodiscacea

Protozoa

Taxonomy
Coccodiscacea was named by Haeckel (1862). It is extant.

It was assigned to Radiolaria by Loeblich and Tappan (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Coccodiscacea Haeckel
1961Coccodiscacea Loeblich and Tappan

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
RankNameAuthor
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superfamilyCoccodiscaceaHaeckel 1862
superfamilyCoccodiscaceaHaeckel 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.

Superfm. Coccodiscacea Haeckel 1862
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Fm. Ommatodiscidae Stöhr 1880
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Subfm. Euchitoniinae Haeckel 1887
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G. Amphibrachella Haeckel 1887
Subfm. Flustrellinae Campbell 1954
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G. Flustrella Ehrenberg 1838
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Subg. Flustrella (Discospirella) Loeblich and Tappan 1961
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Invalid names: Flustrella (Discospira) Haeckel 1862 [replaced]
Subg. Flustrella (Perispirella) Loeblich and Tappan 1961
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Invalid names: Flustrella (Perispira) Haeckel 1881 [replaced]
Flustrella concentrica Ehrenberg 1839
Invalid names: Trematodiscus Haeckel 1860 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Euchitoniidae Haeckel 1882 [synonym]
Fm. Phacodiscidae Haeckel 1881
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Invalid names: Heliosestrinae Haeckel 1887 [empty]
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 Ladinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 242.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 237.0 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Hungary Heliosestrinae indet., Euchitoniinae indet. (99503 99504)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Russian Federation (Tambov) Flustrella cretacea (95160)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Russian Federation (Tambov) Flustrella cretacea (95159)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0New Zealand (Marlborough) Flustrella cretacea, Flustrella ruesti, Phacodiscidae indet. (95884) Phacodiscidae indet. (95885 95886 95888)
Danian66.0 - 61.6New Zealand (Marlborough) Flustrella cretacea (95893 95903) Flustrella cretacea, Flustrella ruesti, Phacodiscidae indet. (95892 95897 95902) Flustrella cretacea, Phacodiscidae indet. (95896) Phacodiscidae indet. (95875 95878 95879 95880 95882 95883 95894 95901 95904 95906)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2New Zealand (Marlborough) Phacodiscidae indet. (95909)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Flustrella polygonia, Stylochlamydium venustum (233640 233708 233709 233710 233711 233712)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan Flustrella polygonia, Stylochlamydium venustum (233713)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Flustrella polygonia, Stylochlamydium venustum (233714)