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Heliodiscidae

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Heliodiscidae

Taxonomy
Heliodiscidae was named by Haeckel (1881). It is extant. Its type is Heliodiscus.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Heliodiscidae Haeckel
2001Heliodiscidae De Wever et al. p. 124

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RankNameAuthor
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyHeliodiscidaeHaeckel 1881
familyHeliodiscidaeHaeckel 1881

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. Heliodiscidae Haeckel 1881
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G. Astrophacus Haeckel 1881
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Astrophacus cingulatus Aberdeen 1940
G. Excentrococcus Dumitrica 1978
G. Excentrodiscus Hollande and Enjumet 1960
G. Excentrosphaerella Dumitrica 1978
G. Heliodiscus Haeckel 1862
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Heliodiscus tunicatus O'Connor 1997
Invalid names: Heliodiscus acucinctus Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium], Heliodiscus saturnalis Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium]
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 Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 155.70000 to 0.12600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 150.8 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Antarctica Heliodiscus sp. B (46961)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Antarctica Heliodiscus sp. B (46969)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Oman Heliodiscus sp. A (47180)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Germany (Bayern) Heliodiscus sp. (95842)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Germany (Bayern) Heliodiscus sp. (95841)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0New Zealand (Marlborough) Heliodiscus sp. (95884 95885 95886 95888)
Danian66.0 - 61.6New Zealand (Marlborough) Heliodiscus sp. (95877 95878 95883 95892 95893 95894 95895 95896 95897 95900 95901 95902)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Japan Heliodiscus tunicatus (233640 233708 233709 233710 233711 233712)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Japan Heliodiscus tunicatus (233713)