- Type images:
type image: D. elliptica
From Suzuki Paleotax db:
1887 Discopyle elliptica n. sp. Haeckel p. 573, pl. 48, fig. 20
1889 Discopyle elliptica Haeckel Dreyer p. 115-117
1981 Discopyle elliptica Haeckel Takahashi & Honjo p. 150, pl. 5, fig. 150
Catalog entries: Discopyle elliptica
type image: D. ellipticaOriginal description: Disk elliptical, four-fifths as broad as long, with spiny margin, three times as broad as the triangular, Triopyle-shaped medullary shell. Three gates of the cortical shell roundish, on the inside with an interradial spine, little broader than the quadrangular arms. Chambered equatorial girdle with twenty to thirty irregular chambers, on one pole of the main axis with a large marginal osculum, which is one-third as broad as the length of the main axis, and armed with a corona of twenty to thirty short conical spines. The osculum does not correspond to a certain radius.
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: Lazarus et al. 2015 - "R age group"
First occurrence (base): within Quaternary Period (0.00-2.59Ma, base in Gelasian stage). Data source: Lazarus et al. 2015 - "R age group"
Plot of occurrence data:
References:
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Discopyle elliptica compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 26-1-2025
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