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Farcus

Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Farcidae

Taxonomy
Farcus was named by Pessagno et al. (1986) [Sepkoski's age data: J Plie-u J Toar-l Sepkoski's reference number: 763]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Farcidae.

It was assigned to Farcidae by Yeh and Cheng (1998); and to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by W. Kiessling on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Farcus Pessagno et al.
1998Farcus Yeh and Cheng p. 24
2002Farcus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
superphylumRetariaCavalier-Smith 1999
phylumRadiozoa
superclassPolycystinia
RankNameAuthor
classPolycystinea
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyFarcidaePessagno et al. 1986
genusFarcusPessagno et al. 1986

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.

G. †Farcus Pessagno et al. 1986
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Farcus kozuri Yeh 1987
Farcus lepidus Yeh 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available