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Amphicraspedum

Protozoa

Taxonomy
Amphicraspedum was named by Haeckel (1882). It was considered unknown by Nigrini (1967).

It was assigned to Euchitoniidae by Nigrini (1967); and to Radiolaria by Sanfilippo et al. (2003).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Amphicraspedum Haeckel
1967Amphicraspedum Nigrini
2003Amphicraspedum Sanfilippo et al. p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
RankNameAuthor
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
genusAmphicraspedumHaeckel 1882

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. †Amphicraspedum Haeckel 1882
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Amphicraspedum murrayanum Haeckel 1887
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. Nigrini 1967Tribe: Euchitonida. Porodiscida with arms, the chambered arms being situated in the equatorial plane and radiating from the margin of the disk (often with terminal spines on the arms, and often with the arms joined by a patagium or chambered web).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicap
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: omnivorep
Created: 2005-01-28 01:13:47
Modified: 2005-01-28 03:13:47
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 1999

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 59.24000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0South Pacific A. prolixum (258867)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Cyprus A. prolixum, A. murrayanum (90895)
Thanetian - Eocene59.24 - 33.9South Pacific A. prolixum (258865)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07South Pacific A. murrayanum (247371) A. prolixum (247369 247370)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Cyprus A. prolixum (90892 90894) A. prolixum, A. murrayanum (90893)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71South Pacific A. prolixum (247365 247366 247367)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9South Pacific A. prolixum (258857 258859) A. prolixum, A. murrayanum (258862)
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.04South Pacific A. prolixum (258856)
M. formosa LOZ - M. aragonensis/M. subbotinae CRZ54.0 - 50.8South Pacific A. prolixum (259858)
M. aragonensis/M. subbotinae CRZ52.3 - 50.8South Pacific A. prolixum, A. murrayanum (259856)
A. cuneicamerata LOZ50.4 - 46.4South Pacific A. prolixum, A. murrayanum (259855)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Cyprus A. prolixum (90890 90891)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71South Pacific A. prolixum (247364 254229 254232 254236)
M. lehneri PRZ42.3 - 40.5South Pacific A. prolixum (259854)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71South Pacific A. prolixum (247929 247930)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9South Pacific A. prolixum (247923 247924 247926)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3South Pacific A. prolixum (254212)