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Tetraspongodiscus inaequispinosus

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Relindellidae

Taxonomy
Plafkerium inaequispinosus was named by Kozur and Mostler (1981).

It was recombined as Tetraspongodiscus inaequispinosus by Lahm (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. nazarovi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Plafkerium inaequispinosus Kozur and Mostler
1984Tetraspongodiscus inaequispinosus Lahm

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilySpongodiscaceaHaeckel 1862
familyRelindellidaeKozur and Mostler 1980
genusTetraspongodiscus
speciesinaequispinosus(Kozur and Mostler 1981)

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.

†Tetraspongodiscus inaequispinosus Kozur and Mostler 1981
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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: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) Tetraspongodiscus inaequispinosus (95331 95332 95333 95334)