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Coccodiscidae

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Coccodiscidae

Taxonomy
Coccodiscidae was named by Haeckel (1862).

It was assigned to Coccodiscacea by Loeblich and Tappan (1961); and to Spumellaria by De Wever et al. (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Coccodiscidae Haeckel
1961Coccodiscidae Loeblich and Tappan
2001Coccodiscidae De Wever et al. p. 121

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyCoccodiscidaeHaeckel 1862
familyCoccodiscidaeHaeckel 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.

Fm. †Coccodiscidae Haeckel 1862
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Subfm. Artiscinae Haeckel 1881
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G. Cypassis Haeckel 1887
G. Diartus Sanfilippo and Riedel 1980
G. Didymocyrtis Haeckel 1862
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Invalid names: Ommatartus Haeckel 1881 [synonym]
G. Spongoliva Haeckel 1887
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Spongoliva ellipsoides Popofsky 1912
Subfm. Coccodiscinae Haeckel 1862
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G. Coccocyclia Haeckel 1881
G. Coccodiscus Haeckel 1862
G. Heliostylus Haeckel 1881
G. Lithocyclia Ehrenberg 1847
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Lithocyclia ocellus Ehrenberg 1854
Lithocyclia ulrichi Rüst 1892
Invalid names: Lithocyclia devoniensis Hinde and Fox 1895 [nomen dubium]
G. Periphaena Ehrenberg 1873
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Periphaena decora Ehrenberg 1874
Periphaena delta Sanfilippo and Riedel 1973
G. Phacodiscus Haeckel 1881
G. Phacostaurus Haeckel 1881
G. Phacostylus Haeckel 1881
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Phacostylus inokovkus Popova 2000
G. Sethostylus Haeckel 1881
G. Trigonactura Haeckel 1881
G. †Heliosestrum Haeckel 1881
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Heliosestrum nigrum Hinde 1899
G. Stylocyclia Ehrenberg 1847
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Stylocyclia dimidiata Ehrenberg 1874
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 Early/Lower Pliensbachian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 189.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 183.0 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Japan Heliosestrum sp. (52057)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Russian Federation (Tambov) Phacostylus inokovkus (95160) Phacostylus sp., Phacostylus inokovkus (95161)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Russian Federation (Tambov) Phacostylus sp. (95159)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0New Zealand (Marlborough) Heliosestrum sp. (95884 95885 95888)
Danian66.0 - 61.6New Zealand (Marlborough) Heliosestrum sp. (95875 95878 95880 95881 95882 95883 95892 95893 95894 95895 95896 95897) Periphaena heliasteriscus (95904 95905)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Cyprus Periphaena tipyramis (90892) Periphaena tipyramis, Lithocyclia ocellus, Periphaena delta (90893) Periphaena tipyramis, Periphaena delta (90894)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Cyprus Periphaena tipyramis, Lithocyclia ocellus, Periphaena delta (90890) Periphaena tipyramis, Periphaena delta (90889 90891)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Peru (Ica) Lithocyclia aristotelis, Lithocyclia ocellus (84654)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador Diartus petterssoni, Didymocyrtis laticonus, Didymocyrtis antepenultimus (90851)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Didymocyrtis tetrathalamus (90838)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Didymocyrtis tetrathalamus (233640 233708 233709 233710) Didymocyrtis tetrathalamus, Spongoliva ellipsoides (233712) Didymocyrtis tetrathamalus (233711)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan Didymocyrtis tetrathalamus, Spongoliva ellipsoides (233713)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Didymocyrtis tetrathalamus, Spongoliva ellipsoides (233714)