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Spongaster pentas

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
S. tetras
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familySpongodiscidaeHaeckel 1862
genusSpongasterEhrenberg 1860
speciespentas

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: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Spongaster pentas (90839)