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Spirotrichea

Spirotrichea

Taxonomy
Spirotrichea is a class.

It was assigned to Intramacronucleata by Ruggiero et al. (2015).

Subtaxa
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2026-03-29; modified by P. Wagner on 2026-03-29

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Spirotrichea Ruggiero et al. pp. Table 2

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Chromalveolata
Alveolata
RankNameAuthor
phylumCiliophora
subphylumIntramacronucleata
classSpirotrichea
classSpirotrichea

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.

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Or. Tintinnida Corliss 1955
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Fm. Codonellidae Kent et al. 1881
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G. †Chitinoidella Doben 1963
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Chitinoidella boneti Doben 1963
G. Remanellina Loeblich and Tappan 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Autunian to the top of the Calabrian or 298.90000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 283.3 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Autunian298.9 - 283.3Israel Tintinnida indet. (31565)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Israel Tintinnida indet. (31507 31512 31551 31558)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Ireland Tintinnida spp. (26380 26381)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Israel Tintinnida indet. (31466 31534 31537)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Israel Tintinnida indet. (31532 31533)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Cuba Chitinoidella boneti (57203)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Germany (Bayern) Chitinoidella boneti (276914)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Tintinnida indet. (41945 41947)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific Tintinnida indet. (270393)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0North Pacific Tintinnida indet. (270842 270843)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774North Pacific Tintinnida indet. (270412 270428 270798 270802 270803 270818 270821 270830)