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Praehexasaturnalis tenuispinosus

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae

Taxonomy
Palaeosaturnalis tenuispinosus was named by Donofrio and Mostler (1978).

It was recombined as Acanthocircus tenuispinosus by De Wever (1982); it was recombined as Praehexasaturnalis tenuispinosus by Kozur and Mostler (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. merici

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Palaeosaturnalis tenuispinosus Donofrio and Mostler
1982Acanthocircus tenuispinosus De Wever
1983Praehexasaturnalis tenuispinosus Kozur and Mostler
2009Palaeosaturnalis tenuispinosus O'Dogherty et al.

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familySaturnalidaeDeflandre 1953
subfamilyHeliosaturnalinaeKozur and Mostler 1972
genusPraehexasaturnalisKozur and Mostler 1983
speciestenuispinosus(Donofrio and Mostler 1978)

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.

†Praehexasaturnalis tenuispinosus Donofrio and Mostler 1978
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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 Lacian to the top of the Early/Lower Hettangian or 227.30000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Japan Palaeosaturnalis tenuispinosus (120049 120054 120055)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Türkiye Praehexasaturnalis tenuispinosus (130709)
Lacian - Alaunian227.3 - 211.18Türkiye Praehexasaturnalis tenuispinosus (130145)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Cyprus Praehexasaturnalis tenuispinosus (94794 94795)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Philippines Acanthocircus tenuispinosus (53998)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Türkiye Praehexasaturnalis tenuispinosus (130144)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Japan Palaeosaturnalis tenuispinosus (54231)