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Ethmosphaeridae

Protozoa - Ethmosphaeridae

Taxonomy
Ethmosphaeridae was named by Haeckel (1862). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ethmosphaeracea by Loeblich and Tappan (1961).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Ethmosphaeridae Haeckel
1952Cenosphaeridae Deflandre
1954Liosphaeridae Campbell
1961Ethmosphaeridae Loeblich and Tappan

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superfamilyEthmosphaeraceaHaeckel 1862
familyEthmosphaeridaeHaeckel 1862
familyEthmosphaeridaeHaeckel 1862

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.

Fm. Ethmosphaeridae Haeckel 1862
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Subfm. Ethmosphaerinae Haeckel 1862
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G. Cenosphaera Ehrenberg 1854
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Subg. Cenosphaera (Chaunosphaera) Loeblich and Tappan 1961
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Invalid names: Cenosphaera (Porosphaera) Haeckel 1887 [replaced]
†Cenosphaera aberdeenae Furutani 1990
†Cenosphaera andoi Sugiyama 1992
†Cenosphaera antiqua Ruedemann and Wilson 1936
†Cenosphaera cabrierensis Deflandre 1973
†Cenosphaera hexagonalis Aberdeen 1940
†Cenosphaera hexata Pulfrey 1932
Cenosphaera plutonis Ehrenberg 1854
†Cenosphaera semiequalis Aberdeen 1940
†Cenosphaera variabilis Aberdeen 1940
Invalid names: Cenosphaera affinis Hinde 1899 [nomen dubium], Cenosphaera apiaria Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium], Cenosphaera carbonica Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium], Cenosphaera castanea Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium], Cenosphaera ingens Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium], Cenosphaera macropora Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium], Cenosphaera rossica Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium], Cenosphaera scitula Hinde 1899 [nomen dubium], Cenosphaera uralensis Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium]
Subfm. Plegmosphaerinae Haeckel 1881
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G. Dictyoplegma Haeckel 1862
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Invalid names: Dictyosoma Müller 1856 [replaced], Dictyosphagma Mivart 1878 [objective synonym], Spongodictyon Haeckel 1862 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cenosphaeridae Deflandre 1952 [synonym], Liosphaeridae Campbell 1954 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 254.17000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 252.17 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Thailand Cenosphaera rugosa (64497)
Smithian - Spathian251.3 - 247.2Thailand Cenosphaera rugosa (64504 64505 64507 64510 64511)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Thailand (San Kamphaeng) Cenosphaera rugosa (220605 220606 220607 220611 220612)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Japan Cenosphaera andoi (95372)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Yunnan) Cenosphaera sp. (95435 95437 95438 95442)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0China (Yunnan) Cenosphaera sp. (220582 220583 220595 220596)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Thailand (San Kamphaeng) Cenosphaera igoi (220618 220619)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Thailand Cenosphaera igoi (64517 64518)
Illyrian - Fassanian247.2 - 235.0Slovakia Cenosphaera sp. (96140)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Hungary Ethmosphaerinae indet. (99503 99504)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Albania Cenosphaera sp. (53987 53988)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Albania Cenosphaera sp. (53990)
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Germany Cenosphaera sp. (59470 59477 59493 59494 59495 59496 59497)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Slovakia Cenosphaera sp. (96141)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8USA (California) Cenosphaera boria (54031 54033 54050 54051 54052)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4USA (California) Cenosphaera boria (54114)
Early/Lower Valanginian - Valanginian140.2 - 132.9USA (California) Cenosphaera boria (54034 54035 54036 54038)
Valanginian - Barremian139.8 - 125.0Malaysia Cenosphaera boria (69300 69301)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Italy Cenosphaera boria (77365 77367 77370 77371 77372 77373 77375)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Denmark Cenosphaera sp. 1 (62501 62502 62503 62505)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Denmark Cenosphaera sp. 1 (62507)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Russian Federation (Tambov) Cenosphaera sp. (95160)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria Cenosphaera sp. (74490)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Cenosphaera sp. (233709 233710 233712)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan Cenosphaera sp. (233713)