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Ceratoikiscidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8078842https://www.gbif.org/species/8078842
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)84209https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=84209
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Ceratoikiscidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Retaria : Radiolaria : Albaillellaria : Ceratoikiscidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-Rhizaria
phylumRetariaCavalier-Smith 1999
classRadiolariaMüller 1858
superorderPolycystina
orderAlbaillellariaDeflandre 1953
familyCeratoikiscidaeHoldsworth 1969
Scientific NameCeratoikiscidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ceratoikiscidaefamilybelongs to Albaillellariastated without evidenceAitchison et al., 1999
Ceratoikiscidaefamilybelongs to Albaillellariastated with evidenceDe Wever et al., 2001
Ceratoikiscidaefamilybelongs to Albaillellariastated without evidenceBuckman and Aitchison, 2001
Ceratoikiscidaefamilybelongs to Albaillellaceastated without evidenceWang et al., 2003
Ceratoikiscidaefamilybelongs to Albaillellariastated without evidenceFeng et al., 2004
Ceratoikiscidaefamilybelongs to Albaillellariastated with evidenceNoble et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)34
First Recorded Appearance466 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance345 - 331 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmentmarine (based on Radiolaria)
Motilitypassively mobile (based on Radiolaria)
Dietomnivore (based on Radiolaria)
Taphonomysilica (based on Radiolaria)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. De Wever, P. Dumitrica, and JP Caulet, C. Nigrini, M. Caridroit. 2001. Radiolarians in the sedimentary record. London (Gordon & Breach Sc)

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Campanulithus ✝
genus		doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Ceratoikiscum ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		19461 Ma
Middle Ordovician		345 Ma
Carboniferous
Circulaforma ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		3393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Eoalbaillella ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Gansuceratoikiscum ✝
genus		listed (PBDB)
Glanta ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Helenifore ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		7408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		380 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Holoeciscus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2383 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian		383 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Kappaforma ✝
genus		listed (PBDB)
Lapidopiscum ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Nazarovites ✝
genus		listed (PBDB)
Neoholoeciscus ✝
genus		listed (PBDB)
Protoceratoikiscum ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1466 Ma
Middle Ordovician		466 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Protoholoeciscus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Raphidociclicus ✝
genus		doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Xiphocladiella ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Proholoeciscus Li, 1995GBIFgenusChromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Proholoeciscus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1969Ceratoikiscidae Holdsworth
1986Holoeciscidae Cheng
1995Proholoeciscus Li
1999Ceratoikiscidae Aitchison et al. p. 154
2001Ceratoikiscidae Buckman and Aitchison p. 363
2001Ceratoikiscidae De Wever et al. p. 92
2003Ceratoikiscidae Wang et al. p. 138
2003Holoeciscidae Wang et al. p. 138
2004Ceratoikiscidae Feng et al. p. 380
2017Ceratoikiscidae Noble et al. p. 423

References

De Wever P., Dumitrica P., et al (2001) Radiolarians in the sedimentary record, London (Gordon & Breach Sc), 1-533
Aitchison J. C., Davis A. M., et al (1999) Lower and Middle Devonian Radiolarian Biozonation of the Gamilaroi Terrane New England Orogen, Eastern Australia, Micropaleontology 45 2, 138-162
Buckman S., Aitchison J. C. (2001) Middle Ordovician (Llandeilan) Radiolarians from West Junggar, Xinjiang, China, Micropaleontology 47 4, 359-367
Wang Y., Aitchison J. C., et al (2003) Devonian radiolarian faunas from South China, Micropaleontology 49 2, 127-145
Feng Q., Helmcke D., et al (2004) Early Carboniferous radiolarians from north-west Thailand: paleogeographical implications, Palaeontology 47 2, 377-393
Noble P., Aitchison J. C., et al (2017) Taxonomy of Paleozoic radiolarian genera, Geodiversitas 39, 419-502
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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