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Spongotripus pujanai

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae

Taxonomy
Spongotripus pujanai was named by Kiessling (1999). Its type locality is Longing Gap Radiolarians, K 23, which is in a Tithonian basinal (siliciclastic) mudstone in the Ameghino Formation of Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Spongotripus pujanai Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familySpongodiscidaeHaeckel 1862
genusSpongotripus
speciespujanai

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.

Spongotripus pujanai Kiessling 1999
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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 Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 152.21000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Antarctica Spongotripus pujanai (46960 46961)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Antarctica Spongotripus pujanai (46962 type locality: 46963 46964 46965)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Antarctica Spongotripus pujanai (46968 46969)