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Spongosaturninus bispinus

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae

Taxonomy
Spongosaturnalis bispinus was named by Yao (1972).

It was recombined as Acanthocircus bispinus by Yeh and Cheng (1996); it was recombined as Spongosaturninus bispinus by Matsuoka (2004), Gorican et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Spongosaturnalis bispinus Yao p. 28 figs. pl. 2, figs.1-9
1996Acanthocircus bispinus Yeh and Cheng
2004Spongosaturninus bispinus Matsuoka
2006Spongosaturninus bispinus Gorican 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
subfamilySaturnalinaeDeflandre 1953
genusSpongosaturninusCampbell and Clark 1944
speciesbispinus(Yao 1972)

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: 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 Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 184.20000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Japan Acanthocircus bispinus (51710) Spongosaturnalis bispinus, Acanthocircus bispinus (124830)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.9 - 174.7Japan Spongosaturninus bispinus (120009)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan Spongosaturninus bispinus (120194)
Early/Lower Aalenian - Middle Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan Acanthocircus bispinus (51711)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan Acanthocircus bispinus (51712)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Japan Acanthocircus bispinus (51713)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Oman Spongosaturninus bispinus (125362)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Japan Acanthocircus bispinus (51714)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5USA (California) Acanthocircus bispinus (51657)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Italy Spongosaturninus bispinus (51090)