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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 Late/Upper Pleistocene or 184.20000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (41 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 S. sp. A (54166) S. sp. A, S. sp. D (51712)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan (Kochi) S. sp. SY01 (66916)
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)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ecuador Spongocore puella (90852)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan S. cylindricus (233640 233708 233709 233710 233711 233712)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan S. cylindricus (233713)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan S. cylindricus (233714)