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Falcispongus heinzi

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Oertlispongidae

Taxonomy
Falcispongus heinzi was named by Feng and Liang (2003). Its type specimen is Pl. 2, fig. 1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is D1612W9, Outcrop 2.4 km to the southeast of Daofu CIty, West Sichuan, which is in a Longobardian basinal (siliceous) chert/shale in China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. pauliani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Falcispongus heinzi Feng and Liang

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilySponguraceaHaeckel 1862
familyOertlispongidaeKozur and Mostler 1980
genusFalcispongusDumitrica 1982
speciesheinzi

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.

†Falcispongus heinzi Feng and Liang 2003
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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 Illyrian to the top of the Longobardian or 247.20000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Xizang) Falcispongus heinzi (95743)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0China Falcispongus heinzi (130308 130309 130310)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China Falcispongus heinzi (type locality: 130311)