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Heleninae

Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae

Taxonomy
Heleninae was named by Hull (1997). Its type is Helena.

It was assigned to Parvivaccidae by De Wever et al. (2001).

Subtaxa
Helena (type genus), Tappanella
Entered
by M. Broehl (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2006-08-30; modified by M. Broehl on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Heleninae Hull
2001Heleninae De Wever et al. p. 114

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
superphylumRetariaCavalier-Smith 1999
phylumRadiozoa
superclassPolycystinia
RankNameAuthor
classPolycystinea
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyParvivaccidaePessagno and Yang 1989
subfamilyHeleninaeHull 1997
subfamilyHeleninaeHull 1997

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.

Subfm. †Heleninae Hull 1997
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G. †Helena Hull 1997
G. †Tappanella Hull 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Berriasian or 168.20000 to 141.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3USA (Oregon) Heleninae indet. (94149)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5USA (California) Helena exquisita, Tappanenella novacubica, Tappanella novacubica (50737)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Antarctica Tappanella novacubica (46961)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Russian Federation Helena sp. (51289)