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Entosphaeroides amplus

Taxonomy
Entosphaeroides amplus was named by Barghoorn (1965). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Harvard Univ. 58255, Slide Sch-W-57-CF-10 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 6.4 km west of Schreiber, which is in an Orosirian basinal (siliceous) chert in the Gunflint Chert Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Entosphaeroides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Entosphaeroides amplus Barghoorn p. 576 figs. 3.4, 4.2, 4.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumProblematica
RankNameAuthor
genusEntosphaeroides
speciesamplus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Entosphaeroides amplus Barghoorn 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available