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Protoleiosphaeridium

Taxonomy
Protoleiosphaeridium was named by Timofeev (1956). It is not extant. Its type is Protoleiosphaeridium conglutinatum.

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

Species
P. conglutinatum (type species), P. densum, P. laevigatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Protoleiosphaeridium Timofeev
1970Protoleiosphaeridium Andrews
1975Protoleiosphaeridium Maithy p. 140
1976Protoleiosphaeridium Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
RankNameAuthor
—AcritarchaEvitt 1963
genusProtoleiosphaeridiumTimofeev 1956

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. †Protoleiosphaeridium Timofeev 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Mesoproterozoic to the top of the Tonian or 1600.00000 to 720.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mesoproterozoic1600.0 - 1000.0India (Madhya Pradesh) P. sp. (225847)
Tonian1000.0 - 720.0Congo-Kinshasa P. densum (227767) P. densum, P. laevigatum (227766)