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Tholodiscus ocellatus

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae

Taxonomy
Stylodictya ocellata was named by Ehrenberg (1874). It is extant. It is the type species of Tholodiscus.

It was recombined as Tholodiscus ocellatus by Petrushevskaya and Kozlova (1972), Suzuki (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Stylodictya ocellata Ehrenberg
1972Tholodiscus ocellatus Petrushevskaya and Kozlova
2009Tholodiscus ocellatus Suzuki

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familySpongodiscidaeHaeckel 1862
genusTholodiscusPetrushevskaya and Kozlova 1972
speciesocellatus(Ehrenberg 1874)

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.

Tholodiscus ocellatus Ehrenberg 1874
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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: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Selandian or 72.20000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Czechia Tholodiscus ocellatus (67451)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0New Zealand (Marlborough) Tholodiscus ocellatus (95845 95884 95885 95886 95887)
Danian66.0 - 61.66New Zealand (Marlborough) Tholodiscus ocellatus (95858 95859 95866 95870 95874 95875 95876 95877 95878 95879 95880 95881 95882 95883 95892 95893 95894 95895 95896 95897 95900 95901 95902 95903 95905 95906 95907)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24New Zealand (Marlborough) Tholodiscus ocellatus (95909 95910)