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Spongostaurus

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae

Taxonomy
Spongostaurus was named by Haeckel (1882) [Sepkoski's age data: J l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Orbiculiformidae by Carter et al. (1988); and to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
S. australis, S. compactus, S. hokkaidoensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. cruciformis, S. liassica, S. pugiunculus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Spongostaurus Haeckel
1988Spongostaurus Carter et al. p. 44
2002Spongostaurus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyPyloniaceaHaeckel 1881
familyOrbiculiformidaePessagno 1973
genusSpongostaurusHaeckel 1882

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. Spongostaurus Haeckel 1882
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†Spongostaurus australis Kiessling 1999
†Spongostaurus compactus Kiessling 1995
†Spongostaurus hokkaidoensis Taketani 1982
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 Late/Upper Hettangian to the top of the Campanian or 201.40000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Hungary S. sp. (87047)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9New Zealand S. sp., S. cruciformis (53747) S. sp., S. sp. B (53748)
Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Peru (Amazonas) S. sp. A (94849)
Aratauran201.4 - 188.9New Zealand (Otago) S. sp. B (196552)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9New Zealand S. sp. A, S. sp. B, S. sp. C, S. sp., S. cruciformis (53751)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Japan S. pugiunculus (124830)
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7Germany S. sp. (59428 59431)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.9 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) S. cruciformis (71094 71095 71096) S. cruciformis, S. pugiunculus, S. sp. A (71098) S. sp. A (71099)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Germany S. sp. (59450)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany S. sp. (59494 59496 59497)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Canada (British Columbia) S. cruciformis, S. pugiunculus (71123 71125) S. pugiunculus (71126) S. pugiunculus, S. sp. A (71117) S. sp. A (71119)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Italy S. sp. A (47164)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Switzerland S. compactus (47162)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Antarctica S. australis (46960 46961)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Antarctica S. australis (46964 46965 46966 46972 51826) S. sp. A, S. australis (51827) S. sp. B, S. australis (46962 46963 46971)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy S. australis (47167)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) S. sp. (83083)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Philippines S. compactus (47170)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Antarctica S. australis (46968 46969)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Antarctica S. sp. A (46970)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Philippines S. compactus (51153)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Oman S. compactus (47171 47172 47173 47174 47175 47176 47178)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan (Hokkaido) S. hokkaidoensis (96043 96045 96046)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan (Hokkaido) S. hokkaidoensis (95789)