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Eospongosaturninus protoformis

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae

Taxonomy
Spongosaturnalis protoformis was named by Yao (1972).

It was recombined as Acanthocircus protoformis by Baumgartner et al. (1995), Yeh and Cheng (1996); it was recombined as Eospongosaturninus protoformis by Gorican et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Spongosaturnalis protoformis Yao p. 27 figs. pl. 1, figs. 2-7; pl. 10, figs. 1-2.
1995Acanthocircus protoformis Baumgartner and et al.
1996Acanthocircus protoformis Yeh and Cheng
2006Eospongosaturninus protoformis 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
subfamilyHexasaturnalinaeKozur and Mostler 1983
genusEospongosaturninusKozur and Mostler 1990
speciesprotoformis(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 Middle Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 182.90000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.9 - 174.7Japan Eospongosaturninus protoformis (120007 120009)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan Eospongosaturninus protoformis (120018)
Early/Lower Aalenian - Middle Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan Acanthocircus protoformis (51711)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan Acanthocircus protoformis (51712)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Spain Eospongosaturninus protoformis (120127)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Japan Acanthocircus protoformis (51713)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Oman Eospongosaturninus protoformis (125362)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Japan Acanthocircus protoformis (51714)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Italy Acanthocircus protoformis (53907)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Mexico (San Luis Potosi) Acanthocircus protoformis (50754)
Early/Lower Oxfordian - Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Mexico (San Luis Potosi) Acanthocircus protoformis (50755 50756)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Mexico (San Luis Potosi) Acanthocircus protoformis (51755 51763 51767 51770 51773 51776)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06USA (California) Acanthocircus protoformis (50743)