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Saturnalis

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae

Taxonomy
Saturnalis was named by Haeckel (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: J l R Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Saturnalinae.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Saturnalis Haeckel
2001Saturnalis De Wever et al. p. 209
2002Saturnalis Sepkoski
2007Saturnalis Sharma and Takahashi p. 818

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familySaturnalidaeDeflandre 1953
genusSaturnalisHaeckel 1887

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. Saturnalis Haeckel 1887
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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 Danian to the top of the Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66New Zealand (Marlborough) S. kennetti (95875 95878 95880 95881 95882 95883 95892 95893 95901 95902 95903 95905 95906)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24New Zealand (Marlborough) S. kennetti (95909)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Pacific S. circularis (250571)