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Artostrobus

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Acropyramididae

Taxonomy
Artostrobus was named by Haeckel (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Acropyramididae by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Artostrobus Haeckel
2001Artostrobus De Wever et al. p. 246
2002Artostrobus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyAcropyramididaeHaeckel 1881
genusArtostrobusHaeckel 1887

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. Artostrobus Haeckel 1887
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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 Santonian to the top of the Selandian or 85.70000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Russian Federation (Tambov) A. sp. (95160)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0New Zealand (Marlborough) A. pusillus (95847 95848 95849 95884 95885 95886 95887 95888)
Danian66.0 - 61.66New Zealand (Marlborough) A. pusillus (95865 95869 95870 95872 95873 95874 95875 95877 95878 95879 95880 95881 95882 95883 95896 95897 95900 95901 95905 95906 95907)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24New Zealand (Marlborough) A. pusillus (95909)