Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)![]() | Granddaughter taxa | ||||
![]() | C. leptoporus group Circular, sub-circular and broadly-eliptical calcidiscid coccoliths with closed central-area. | Calcidiscus gallagheri Calcidiscus leptoporus Calcidiscus macintyrei Calcidiscus pataecus Calcidiscus premacintyrei Calcidiscus salomonii Calcidiscus tropicus | |||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | C. pacificanus group Medium-sized Eocene calcidiscid coccoliths with narrow or closed central-area. | Calcidiscus bicircus Calcidiscus gerrardii Calcidiscus pacificanus Calcidiscus parvicrucis Calcidiscus parvus Calcidiscus scullyae Calcidiscus kamikurii |
![]() | Calcidiscus sp. Specimens which cannot be assigned to established species |
Taxonomy:
Calcidiscus is common throughout the Neogene and shows significant variaton in size, number of elements, opening of central area, and structural details. Species concepts have been extensively discussed, most notably by Knappertsbusch (2000). Recent research has lead to a three-fold divsion of the extant Calcidiscus population, see e.g. Quinn et al. (2004), Young et al. (2003):
By comparison Pliocene Calcidiscus assemblages are usually classified into:
It is not sure how these species relate to the extant species but the degree of variation shown in fossil assemblages suggests that many more speces could probably be recognised.
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Calcidiscaceae): 2N: cells non-motile, bearing placoliths with R-unit confined to proximal shield, mostly circular.
N: cells motile, holococcolith-bearing
This taxon: Circular or sub-circular; central area closed or with narrow opening
Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: Calcidiscus + * , Cyclococcolithina * , Cyclococcolithus * , Cycloperfolithus * , Striatococcolithus * , Tiarolithus *
Morphology:
Size:
Ecology & Biogeography
Biology & life-cycles
Phylogenetic relations
LITHS: placolith, circular, CA: closed, CSPH: equant, monomorphic, CROSS-POLARS: rim-unicyclic, V-prominent, R-prominent, |
Lith size: 3->14µm; Data source notes: RCC |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: Total of range of species in this database
First occurrence (base): in upper part of Thanetian Stage (62% up, 57.2Ma, in Thanetian stage). Data source: Total of range of species in this database
Plot of occurrence data:
Bown, P. R., Dunkley-Jones, T. & Young, J. R. (2007). Umbilicosphaera jordanii Bown 2005 from the Paleogene of Tanzania: confirmation of generic assignment and a Paleocene origination for the family Calcidiscaceae. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 29(1): 25-30. gs V O Kamptner, E. (1950). Über den submikroskopischen Aufbau der Coccolithen. Anzeiger der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematische-Naturwissenschafliche Klasse, Wien. 87: 152-158. gs Kamptner, E. (1954). Untersuchungen über den Feinbau der Coccolithen. Archiv für Protistenkunde. 100: 1-90. gs Kamptner, E. (1963). Coccolithineen-Skelettreste aus Tiefseeablagerungen des Pazifischen Ozeans. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 66: 139-204. gs O Knappertsbusch, M. (2000). Morphological evolution of the coccolithophorid Calcidiscus leptoporus from the Early Miocene to recent. Journal of Paleontology. 74(4): 712-730. gs Lehotayova, R. & Priewalder, H. (1978). Die Nannofosilien des Badenien. 8.2 Cycloperfolithus, eine neue Nannofossil-Gattung aus dem Badenien der Zentralen Paratethys. In, Papp, A., Cicha, I., Senes, J. & et al. (eds) Chronostratigraphie und Neostratotypen - Miozan N, Badenien M-4: IGCP Project 25. 486-489. gs V O Quinn, P., Sáez, A. G., Baumann, K. -H., Steel, B. A., Sprengel, C. & Medlin, L. K. (2004). Coccolithophorid biodiversity: Evidence from the cosmopolitan species Calcidiscus leptoporus. In, Theirstein, H. R. & Young J. R. (eds) Coccolithophores - From molecular processes to global impact. Springer, Berlin 299-326. gs V O Wilcoxon, J. A. (1970a). Cyclococcolithina Wilcoxon nom. nov. (nom. subst. pro Cyclococcolithus Kamptner, 1954). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 8: 82-83. gs V O Young, J. R., Geisen, M., Cros, L., Kleijne, A., Probert, I. & Ostergaard, J. B. (2003). A guide to extant coccolithophore taxonomy. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. S1: 1-132. gs V OReferences:
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Calcidiscus compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 30-1-2023
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