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Solisphaeridium

Taxonomy
Solisphaeridium was named by Staplin et al. (1965). It is not extant. Its type is Micrhystridium stimuliferum.

It was assigned to Acritarcha by Andrews (1970).

Species
S. stimuliferum
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. astrum, S. clavum, S. folliculum, S. rigispinosum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Solisphaeridium Staplin et al.
1970Solisphaeridium Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
RankNameAuthor
—AcritarchaEvitt 1963
genusSolisphaeridiumStaplin et al. 1965

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. †Solisphaeridium Staplin et al. 1965
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†Solisphaeridium stimuliferum Deflandre 1838
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: marineuc
Diet: "photoautotroph"uc
Created: 2026-03-25 11:23:14
Modified: 2026-03-25 11:23:14
Source: uc = unranked clade
Reference: Shu et al. 2025

Age range: base of the Famennian to the top of the Oligocene or 372.15000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Ohio) S. astrum, S. clavum, S. folliculum, S. rigispinosum (23340)
Late/Upper Eocene - Oligocene37.71 - 23.04Chile (Doceava Región) S. sp. 1, S. sp. 2 (151436)