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Helicosphaera carteri ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Zygodiscales : Helicosphaeraceae : Helicosphaera : Helicosphaera carteri | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Haptophyta : Helicosphaera : Helicosphaera carteri | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Generic Name | Helicosphaera | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Helicosphaera carteri (G.C.Wall.) Kamptner | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 16.0 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 1.81 Ma Pleistocene | ||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | oceanic,oligotrophic,marine,brackish (based on Haptophyta) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | passively mobile (based on Haptophyta) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photoautotroph (based on Haptophyta) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Haptophyta) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. Faranda, P. Cipollari, and D. Cosentino, E. Gliozzi, G. Pipponzi. 2008. Late Miocene ostracod assemblages from eastern Mediterranean coral reef complexes (central Crete, Greece). Revue de micropaléontologie (51):287-308 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | 卡特螺旋球藻 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Helicosphaera carteri carteri variety | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Helicosphaera carteri hialina variety | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Helicosphaera carteri wallichii variety | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Coccosphaera carterii G.C.Wall. | GBIF | species | Chromista : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Zygodiscales : Helicosphaeraceae : Helicosphaera : Coccosphaera carterii |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1877 | Coccosphaera carterii Wallich |
| 1954 | Helicosphaera carteri Kamptner |
References
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!
