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Prunopyle

Protozoa - Actinommidae

Taxonomy
Prunopyle was named by Dreyer (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Actinommidae by De Wever et al. (2001), Sharma and Takahashi (2007).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Prunopyle Dreyer
2001Prunopyle De Wever et al. p. 121
2002Prunopyle Sepkoski
2007Prunopyle Sharma and Takahashi p. 818

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superfamilyEthmosphaeraceaHaeckel 1862
familyActinommidaeHaeckel 1862
genusPrunopyleDreyer 1889

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.

G. Prunopyle Dreyer 1889
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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 Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 15.98000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ecuador P. titan (90851)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Southern Ocean P. hayesi (258884 259940 259941) P. tetrapila, P. titan (259939) P. titan (247623 258881 258885 258886) P. titan, P. hayesi (247624 247625 247626 247627 247628 258880 258882 258883 259943)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Southern Ocean P. tetrapila (252127 252134 259937) P. tetrapila, P. titan (247908) P. titan (247907 247910 247913 247916 247917)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Southern Ocean P. hayesi (250732) P. tetrapila (250739 252113)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Southern Ocean P. antarctica (250721)