PBDB Taxon

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Dorcadospyris spinosa

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Triospyrididae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species

D. mahurangi

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. confluens, D. alata, D. anastasis, D. ateuchus, D. circulus, D. copelata, D. cyclacantha, D. dentata, D. forcipata, D. ombros, D. papilio, D. praeforcipata, D. pseudopapilio, D. quadripes, D. riedeli, D. scambos, D. simplex

Synonymy list

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Rank	Name	Author
—	Life
—	Eukaryota	()
class	Protozoa	Goldfuss 1820
subphylum	Sarcodina	Schmarda 1871
class	Reticularea	Lankester 1885
subclass	Radiolaria	(Müller 1858)

Rank	Name	Author
superorder	Polycystina	(Ehrenberg 1838)
order	Nassellaria	Ehrenberg 1875
superfamily	Acanthodesmiacea	Hertwig 1879
family	Triospyrididae	Haeckel 1881
genus	Dorcadospyris	Haeckel 1881
species	spinosa

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.

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

No ecological data are available

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (23 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian - Rupelian	37.71 - 27.3	North Pacific	Dorcadospyris spinosa (244156 244157 244663 245694 245805)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	North Pacific	Dorcadospyris spinosa (244042 244146 244218 244452 244453 244454 244643 244644 244791 244792 244793 244794 244795 245525 245529 245562 245692 245693)