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Sphaeriusidae
Taxonomy
Sphaeriusidae was named by Erichson (1845). It is extant. Its type is Sphaerius.
It was assigned to Sphaeriusoidea by Bouchard et al. (2011), Cai et al. (2022), Kirejtshuk et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Sphaeriusoidea by Bouchard et al. (2011), Cai et al. (2022), Kirejtshuk et al. (2023).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1845 | Sphaeriusidae Erichson |
| 1873 | Microsporidae Crotch |
| 1995 | Microsporidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2011 | Sphaeriusidae Bouchard et al. |
| 2022 | Sphaeriusidae Cai et al. |
| 2023 | Sphaeriusidae Kirejtshuk et al. p. 8 |
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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.
Fm. Sphaeriusidae Erichson 1845
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G. Bezesporum Fikáček et al. 2022
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†Bezesporum burmiticum Fikáček et al. 2022
†Bezesporum huchengi Li et al. 2024
Invalid names: Microsporidae Crotch 1873 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Bezesporum burmiticum (184691) Burmasporum rossi (123020) Sphaerius martini, Crowsonaerius minutus, Bezesporum huchengi (161726) |