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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).
It was assigned to Spumellaria by De Wever et al. (2001).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1881 | Heliodiscidae Haeckel |
| 2001 | Heliodiscidae De Wever et al. p. 124 |
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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. 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
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 152.21000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 149.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 149.2 Ma
Collections (54 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Antarctica | Heliodiscus sp. B (46961) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian | Antarctica | Heliodiscus sp. B (46969) | |
| Valanginian | Oman | Heliodiscus sp. A (47180) | |
| Late/Upper Coniacian | Germany (Bayern) | Heliodiscus sp. (95842) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Germany (Bayern) | Heliodiscus sp. (95841) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | New Zealand (Marlborough) | Heliodiscus sp. (95884 95885 95886 95888) | |
| Danian | New Zealand (Marlborough) | Heliodiscus sp. (95877 95878 95883 95892 95893 95894 95895 95896 95897 95900 95901 95902) | |
| Miocene | North Pacific | Heliodiscus asteriscus (266893 266894 266895 266896) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | North Pacific | Heliodiscus asteriscus (257601) | |
| Middle Miocene | North Pacific | Astrophacus sp. (258064) | |
| NN9 | North Pacific | Astrophacus sp. (259802) | |
| Pliocene | North Pacific | Heliodiscus asteriscus (262431 262433) | |
| Pleistocene | North Pacific | Heliodiscus asteriscus (248425 248426 253647 253648 264862 264865 264875 267604) | |
| NN19 | North Pacific | Heliodiscus asteriscus (266887) | |
| Matuyama | North Pacific | Heliodiscus asteriscus (265534) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Japan | Heliodiscus tunicatus (233640 233708 233709 233710 233711 233712) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Heliodiscus tunicatus (233713) | |
| NN21 | North Pacific | Heliodiscus asteriscus (266882 266883 266884 266885 266886) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | North Pacific | Heliodiscus asteriscus (255100 255101) |