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Spongurus

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Sponguridae

Taxonomy
Spongurus was named by Haeckel (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R]. It is extant.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Spongurus Haeckel
1887Spongocore Haeckel
1892Spongurus lacunosus Rüst
1892Spongurus plantaeformis Rüst
1892Spongurus variabilis Rüst
2001Spongurus De Wever et al. p. 166
2002Spongocore Sepkoski
2002Spongurus Sepkoski
2007Spongurus Sharma and Takahashi p. 818

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familySponguridaeHaeckel 1862
genusSpongurusHaeckel 1860

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. Spongurus Haeckel 1860
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Invalid names: Spongocore Haeckel 1887 [synonym], Spongurus lacunosus Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium], Spongurus plantaeformis Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium], Spongurus variabilis Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium]
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 Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Holocene or 184.20000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (317 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Japan S. sp. A (51710)
Early/Lower Aalenian - Middle Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan S. sp. A, S. sp. C, S. sp. D, S. sp. B (51711)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan (Kochi) S. sp. SY01 (66916)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan S. sp. A (54166) S. sp. A, S. sp. D (51712)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Japan S. sp. A, S. sp. B, S. sp. E (51713)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Japan S. sp. A, S. sp. D, S. sp. B (51714)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Antarctica S. sp. A (46961)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Antarctica S. sp. A (46963)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0New Zealand (Marlborough) S. spongiosa (95847 95848) S. spongiosus (95884 95885 95886 95888)
Danian66.0 - 61.66New Zealand (Marlborough) S. bilobatus (95881 95882 95893 95897 95900 95904 95906 95907) S. bilobatus, S. prolixum (95894 95895 95896) S. spongiosa, S. bilobatus (95877) S. spongiosus (95891) S. spongiosus, S. bilobatus (95892 95902 95905)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0China (Tibet) S. regularis (69734)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9South Pacific S. bilobatus (258861 258863)
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.04South Pacific S. bilobatus (258855)
M. formosa LOZ - M. aragonensis/M. subbotinae CRZ54.0 - 50.8South Pacific S. bilobatus (259858)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71South Pacific S. bilobatus (254227 254228 254231 254234 254235)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9South Pacific S. bilobatus (254222 254223)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71South Pacific S. bilobatus (247929 247930)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9South Pacific S. bilobatus (254214)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9South Pacific S. bilobatus (247925)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Pacific S. sp. (266414 266893 266894 266895 266896)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ecuador Spongocore puella (90852)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6North Pacific S. pylomaticus (261140 261150 261154 261155 261157)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58North Pacific S. pylomaticus (262158)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific S. elliptica (268118) S. pylomaticus (266558 266562) S. sp. (262425 262426 262427 262428 262429 262430 262431 262432 262433 262434 262435 262436 266408 266555 266563 266890 266891 266892 268115 268116) S. sp., S. elliptica (266556) S. sp., S. pylomaticus (266564 268114)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58North Pacific S. pylomaticus (260549 260552 260554 260555 261131 261135 261136 261137 262147 262155 270055)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8North Pacific S. pylomaticus (261124)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8North Pacific S. pylomaticus (260540 260543 260545 261118 270043 270050 272701)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774North Pacific S. sp., S. pylomaticus, S. elliptica (261440)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific Spongocore puella (248425 253647) S. elliptica (267601 268106) S. pylomaticus (242474 260854 260856 260857 260863 260875 260879 266535 266537 266538 266541 266547 268103 268113 269952 269955 269959 269977 269979 269984 269985 269986 269987 271993) S. sp. (242472 266543 266545 266549 266551 267599 267608) S. sp., S. elliptica (266548 268105 268107) S. sp., S. pylomaticus (242473 242477 242479 266533 266534 266542 266553 267594 267595 267598 267600 267607 268100 268102 268104 268112) S. sp., S. pylomaticus, S. elliptica (242475 242476 267603 267604 267605)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0North Pacific S. sp., S. pylomaticus (268099)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0North Pacific S. elliptica (261419 261758 261759 261766 261767 261939 262283) S. elliptica, S. pylomaticus (261769) S. elliptica, S. sp. (261425 261426) S. elliptica, S. sp., S. pylomaticus (261935) S. pylomaticus (260312 260313 260318 260682 260830 261422 265957 267669 272743 272748 272749) S. sp. (260314 260322 260661 260664 260667 260669 260677 260680 260841 261420 261888 261891 261938 261941 262282 267666) S. sp., S. elliptica (260840 261896 262274 262281) S. sp., S. pylomaticus (260321 260666 260679 260683 260684 260826 260828 261417 262276 267660 267671) S. sp., S. pylomaticus, S. elliptica (260825 261895 262278 262289 262291 262293)
NN191.9 - 0.42North Pacific Spongocore puella, Spongocore sp. (266889) Spongocore sp. (266887)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774North Pacific S. pylomaticus (260519 260520 260529 260534 260537 261108 261110 262106 268015 269845 269846 269851 269861 269870 269873 269994 269995 269997 269999 270003 270007 270009 270010 270014 270015 270017 270021 270022 270029 270030 270031 270032 270033 270034 272628 272652 272656 272657 272658 272663 272671 272691 272706 272707 272711 272715 272716 272722 272730)
Jaramillo1.071 - 0.99North Pacific S. sp. (265539)
Jaramillo - Matuyama1.071 - 0.773North Pacific S. sp. (265536)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan S. cylindricus (233640 233708 233709 233710 233711 233712)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129North Pacific S. pylomaticus (261430 261433 261437) S. sp. (261434 261435) S. sp., S. pylomaticus (261436) S. sp., S. pylomaticus, S. elliptica (261438)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan S. cylindricus (233713)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific S. cylindricus (266882 266883 266884 266885) S. pylomaticus (269988 272703)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan S. cylindricus (233714)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Pacific Spongocore puella (255100)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Pacific S. elliptica (267589 267590) S. pylomaticus (261229 261230) S. sp. (242468 266529 266530 266531 268092 268094 268096) S. sp., S. elliptica (268093) S. sp., S. pylomaticus (242466 242467 242469 242470 267593 268097)