Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)![]() | ||||
Calcidiscus leptoporus subsp. quadriperforatus HOL Internal walls define 4-6 pores. Tube 10-15 crystallites high, castellated, higher where it meets internal walls. Tube sometimes double-layered, base open. | ||||
![]() | Scyphosphaera apsteinii HOL Liths similar to quadriperforatus but larger (3-4 µm), with more pores (8-20) and lacking castellations; single irregular boss near centre of lith. | |||
Pontosphaera japonica HOL Solid, disk-shaped coccolith with several irregular deep depressions; formed of single block of crystalites with sub-vertical c-axes; no outer wall/tube; one or two irregular knobs on long axis. | ||||
Syracolithus sp. type A Coccoliths with area inside tube almost filled by concentric walls, distal surface ornamented by 10-15 pyramidal bosses. | ||||
Syracolithus sp. type B Liths similar to S. quadriperforatus but more delicate and with open hexagonal mesh fabric. | ||||
Syracolithus bicorium Liths similar to S. quadriperforatus but walls double layered with open hexagonal mesh fabric. |
Taxonomy:
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Holococcoliths): Haploid life-cycle stages, with liths formed of numerous rhombohedral microcrystals
This taxon: Holococcoliths with tube, open distally and subdivided internally by vertical septae
Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: septate [no catalog entry yet]
Morphology:
This is a distinctive ultrastructure and although most species have been placed in Syracolithus it is quite different to the other species tradtionally placed in Syracolithus.
Size:
Biology & life-cycles: Produced in the haploid phase of Calcidiscaeae (Calcidicus leptoprus ssp. quadriperforatus) and Pontosphaeraceae (
Phylogenetic relations: Young et al. (2003) predicted that holococcolihs with this structure would proved to be closely related, and so produced by the Calcidiscaceae. However, Frada et al. (2009) showed that some of them were produced by the Pontosphaeraceae, and so this holococcolih structure has almost certainly evolved at least twice.
See also: Syracosphaera mediterranea HOl marisrubri type - apparently very similar morphology;
Search data:Tags | LITHS: hollow, |
Metrics | Lith size: 1.8->4µm; |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: Total of range of species in this database
First occurrence (base): at base of Ypresian Stage (0% up, 56Ma, in Thanetian stage). Data source: Total of range of species in this database
Plot of occurrence data:
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septate compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 6-7-2022
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