Sphaerodiscus Won, 1983

Noble, Paula, Aitchison, Jonathan C., Danelian, Taniel, Dumitrica, Paulian, Maletz, Jörg, Suzuki, Noritoshi, Cuvelier, Jessie, Caridroit, Martial & O’Dogherty, Luis, 2017, Taxonomy of Paleozoic radiolarian genera, Geodiversitas 39 (3), pp. 419-502 : 452

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scientific name

Sphaerodiscus Won, 1983
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Sphaerodiscus Won, 1983

Sphaerodiscus Won, 1983: 163 .

TYPE SPECIES. — Sphaerodiscus rota Won, 1983 ( Won 1983: 163, pl. 3, fig. 9, 10, 14, pl. 14, fig. 7, text-fig. 5r, s).

AGE AND LOCATION OF TYPE MATERIAL. — Lower Carboniferous, Rheinischen Schiefergebirge, Germany.

TAXON CODE. — 141.

STATUS. — Junior synonym of Palaeolithocyclia Kozur & Mostler, 1972 (by Dumitrica in De Wever et al. 2001).

DIAGNOSIS. — “Das Skelett besteht aus einer zentralen, sphäroidalen Schale und einem scheiben- bis ringförmigen peripheren Teil. Die Zentralschale ist aus sehr dichtem Gitterwerk, die Peripheriescheibe hingegen aus einem dreidimensionalen Quader-Gerüst aufgebaut. Zentralschale und Peripheriescheibe sind in der Äquatorebene mittels Dornen verbunden. Radialstacheln können vorhanden sein.” ( Won 1983: 163).

DIAGNOSIS (English translation by J. P. Caulet – RadWorld database). — Test with a central, spherical shell, and a discoidal to annular periphery. Dense central lattice shell, peripheral disc, of a three-dimensional cube skeleton. Central shell connected to the peripheral disc by spines in the equatorial plane. Radial spines may be present.

REMARKS

The shape and structure of this genus are similar to those of Palaeolithocyclia Kozur & Mostler, 1972 .

Kingdom

Chromista

Phylum

Radiozoa

Class

Polycystina

Order

Celastrales

Family

Celastraceae

Loc

Sphaerodiscus Won, 1983

Noble, Paula, Aitchison, Jonathan C., Danelian, Taniel, Dumitrica, Paulian, Maletz, Jörg, Suzuki, Noritoshi, Cuvelier, Jessie, Caridroit, Martial & O’Dogherty, Luis 2017
2017
Loc

Sphaerodiscus

WON M. Z. 1983: 163
1983
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