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Disphaeria

Taxonomy
Disphaeria was named by Cookson and Eisenack (1960). It is not extant. Its type is Disphaeria macropyla.

It was assigned to Acritarcha by Andrews (1970).

Species
D. macropyla (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Disphaeria Cookson and Eisenack
1970Disphaeria Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
RankNameAuthor
AcritarchaEvitt 1963
genusDisphaeriaCookson and Eisenack 1960

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. †Disphaeria Cookson and Eisenack 1960
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Disphaeria macropyla Cookson and Eisenack 1960
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Coniacian or 89.80000 to 86.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Antarctica D. macropyla (150208)
Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.5Antarctica D. sp. (169335 169337)