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Asterosphaera

Taxonomy
Asterosphaera was named by Reitlinger (1957).

It was assigned to Rhizopoda by Bardashev et al. (2005).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Krause (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2015-05-11

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Asterosphaera Reitlinger
2005Asterosphaera Bardashev et al.

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukarya
Protoctista
RankNameAuthor
superclassRhizopoda
genusAsterosphaeraReitlinger 1957

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. †Asterosphaera Reitlinger 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Frasnian to the top of the Changhsingian or 382.31000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Devonian - Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Uzbekistan A. pulhra, A. sp. (169227)
Frasnian - Famennian382.31 - 358.86Vietnam A. pulchra (83255)
Visean - Serpukhovian346.7 - 323.4France A. pulchra (226720 226722)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) A. pulchra (218392 218393)