Pontodiscus miocaenicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coscinodiscales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: Sar Infraregnum: Heterokonta Phylum: Ochrophyta Subphylum: Bacillariophytina Classis: Bacillariophyceae Subclassis: Coscinodiscophycidae Superordo: Coscinodiscanae Ordo: Coscinodiscales

Familia: Hemidiscaceae
Genus: †Pontodiscus
Species: †Pontodiscus miocaenicus

Name

Pontodiscus miocaenicus (Krasske, 1934) Moisseeva & Sheshukova-Poretzkaya in Temniskova-Topalova et al., 1981

Basionym: Coscinodiscus miocaenicus Krasske, 1934

Synonym: Actinocyclus krasskei J.P.Bradbury & W.N.Krebs, 1995 - when transferred to Actinocyclus a replacement name was needed because Actinocyclus miocenicus Jousé already exists.
Etymology: Named after the German botanist, Georg Krasske (1889-1951), whose discovered the taxon Coscinodiscus miocaenicus.

Note: Found in lacustrine sediments of Miocene age.

References

Krasske, G. 1934. Die Diatomeenflora der hessischen Kieselgurlager. Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 5(9): 3–26. Reference page.
Temniskova-Topalova, D.N., Kozyrenko, T.F., Moisseeva, A.I. & Sheshukova-Poretskaya, V.S. 1981. The new genus Pontodiscus (Bacillariophyta). Botanicheskii Zhurnal 66(9): 1308-1311. Reference page.
Bradbury, J.P. & Krebs, W.N. 1995. The diatom genus Actinocyclus in the Western United States. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1543A-B. Reference page.