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Desmospyris

Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Triospyrididae

Taxonomy
Desmospyris was named by Haeckel (1881) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Broehl on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Desmospyris Haeckel
2001Desmospyris De Wever et al. p. 230
2002Desmospyris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
superphylumRetariaCavalier-Smith 1999
phylumRadiozoa
superclassPolycystinia
RankNameAuthor
classPolycystinea
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyAcanthodesmiaceaHertwig 1879
familyTriospyrididaeHaeckel 1881
genusDesmospyrisHaeckel 1881

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. Desmospyris Haeckel 1881
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Southern Ocean D. spongiosa (253173)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Southern Ocean D. rhodospyroides (247624 247625 247626 247627 247628 258880 258881 258883 258884 258885 258886 259940 259941 259943) D. spongiosa (247622 247623 259938 259939)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Southern Ocean D. spongiosa (258879)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Southern Ocean D. rhodospyroides (247917 247918) D. spongiosa (247620 247621 247902 247908 247909 247910 247912 247913 247914 252123 252124 252125 252127 252129 252130 252131 252132 252133 252134 252135 252136 258875 258877 258878)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Southern Ocean D. spongiosa (247619 250737 258874)