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Sarcomastigota

Protozoa

Taxonomy
Sarcomastigota is an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was assigned to Protozoa by Ruggiero et al. (2015).

Subtaxa
Sister taxa
Amoebozoa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Sarcomastigota Ruggiero et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
RankNameAuthor
Sarcomastigota
Sarcomastigota

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.

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Subph. Lobosa Carpenter 1861
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Or. Arcellinida Kent 1880
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Superfm. Arcellacea Ehrenberg 1832
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Fm. Centropyxidae Jung 1942
Fm. Hyalospheniidae Schulze 1877
Superfm. Cryptodifflugiacea Jung 1942
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Fm. Cryptodifflugiidae Jung 1942
G. Nebela Leidy 1875
Invalid names: Amoebida [empty], Mycetozoida [empty]
G. Pelomyxa Greef 1874
Invalid names: Acanthamoebidae [empty], Conosa [empty], Entamoebida [empty], Flabellinea [empty], Mastigamoebidae [empty], Stereomyxida [empty], Tubulinea [empty]
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Invalid names: Apusozoa [empty], Varisulca [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Quebec) Centropyxis aculeata (81686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Centropyxis arenatus (74987 74989)