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Leiofusa

Taxonomy
Leiofusa was named by Eisenack (1938). It is not extant. Its type is Leiofusa fusiformis.

It was assigned to Acritarcha by Eisenack (1938), Andrews (1970), Maithy (1975) and Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Leiofusa Eisenack
1970Leiofusa Andrews
1975Leiofusa Maithy p. 144
1976Leiofusa Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
RankNameAuthor
AcritarchaEvitt 1963
genusLeiofusaEisenack 1938

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. †Leiofusa Eisenack 1938
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Leiofusa actinomorpha Maithy 1975
Leiofusa fusiformis Eisenack 1938
Leiofusa jurassica Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Tonian to the top of the Bithynian or 1000.00000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Congo-Kinshasa L. actinomorpha (227766)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) L. estrecha, L. tumida (24576 24577)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Russian Federation (Siberia) L. ansa (206542 206543 206560) L. granulacutis (206484)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Norway L. tumida (2911 2912 2913)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Russian Federation (Siberia) L. tumida (206347)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Saudi Arabia L. banderilla, L. striatifera (80262)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Netherlands (Gelderland) L. sp. (232076)