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Pseudastrorhiza

Psammosphaeridae

Taxonomy
Pseudastrorhiza is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Psammosphaerinae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Pseudastrorhiza Loeblich and Tappan
2002Pseudastrorhiza Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAstrorhizaceaBrady 1881
familyPsammosphaeridaeHaeckel 1894
subfamilyPsammosphaerinaeHaeckel 1894
genusPseudastrorhiza

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: infaunalsubo
Diet: detritivoresubo
Created: 2007-11-25 06:27:54
Modified: 2007-11-25 08:27:54
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1988

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Arundian or 358.86000 to 339.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) P. conica (6733 6734)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) P. sp. (2249)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) P. sp. (557)