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Dictyosphaera

Taxonomy
Dictyosphaera was named by Xing and Liu (1973). Its type is Dictyosphaera macroreticulata.

It was assigned to Eukarya by Loron et al. (2019); and to Eukaryota by Riedman et al. (2023).

Species
D. macroreticulata (type species), D. tacita

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Dictyosphaera Xing and Liu p. 368
2019Dictyosphaera Loron et al. p. 368
2023Dictyosphaera Riedman et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
RankNameAuthor
genusDictyosphaeraXing and Liu 1973

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. †Dictyosphaera Xing and Liu 1973
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Dictyosphaera macroreticulata Xing and Liu 1973
Dictyosphaera tacita Tang 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Statherian to the top of the Calymmian or 1800.00000 to 1400.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0China (Hebei) D. macroreticulata (242314 242317)
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0Australia (Northern Territory) D. macroreticulata (232731 232734 232735)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0USA (Montana) D. macroreticulata (227973)