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Polyentactinia aranea

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Pylentonemidae

Taxonomy
Polyentactinia aranea was named by Gourmelon (1986). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Polyentactinia aranea Gourmelon pp. 185-186 figs. pl. 4, fig. 5
2003Polyentactinia aranea Wang et al. p. 136

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familyPylentonemidaeDeflandre 1963
genusPolyentactiniaForeman 1963
speciesaraneaGourmelon 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.

Polyentactinia aranea Gourmelon 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 Tournaisian to the top of the Visean or 358.86000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Germany Polyentactinia aranea (91000)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Germany Polyentactinia aranea (91002)