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Eptingiidae

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Eptingiidae Dumitrica
1999Eptingiidae Kiessling
2001Eptingiidae De Wever et al.

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familyEptingiidaeDumitrica 1978
familyEptingiidaeDumitrica 1978

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. †Eptingiidae Dumitrica 1978
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G. †Capnuchospyris Dumitrica et al. 2010
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Capnuchospyris capnuchosphaeroides Dumitrica et al. 2010
G. †Charlottea Carter et al. 1998
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Charlottea amurensis Carter et al. 1998
Charlottea carterae Yeh 2009
Charlottea harbridgensis Carter et al. 1998
Charlottea hotaoensis Gorican et al. 2006
Charlottea johnsoni Carter et al. 1998
Charlottea penderi Gorican et al. 2006
Charlottea proprietatis Carter et al. 1998
Charlottea triquetra Carter et al. 1998
Charlottea weedensis Carter et al. 1998
G. †Coronatubopyle Kozur and Mostler 2006
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Coronatubopyle denticulata Dumitrica et al. 2010
Coronatubopyle omanensis Dumitrica et al. 2010
Coronatubopyle spelae Dumitrica et al. 2010
G. †Cryptostephanidium Dumitrica 1978
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Cryptostephanidium dextrogyrum Dumitrica et al. 2010
Cryptostephanidium japonicum Nakaseko and Nishimura 1979
Cryptostephanidium nannum Dumitrica et al. 2010
Cryptostephanidium rectospina Dumitrica et al. 2010
Cryptostephanidium reticulospinosum Dumitrica et al. 2010
G. †Divatella Kozur and Mostler 1981
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Divatella austriaca Kozur and Mostler 1981
Divatella robinsoni Dumitrica et al. 2010
G. †Eptingium Dumitrica 1978
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Eptingium aljilense Dumitrica et al. 2010
Eptingium amoenum Carter 1993
Eptingium manfredi Dumitrica 1978
Eptingium nakasekoi Kozur and Mostler 1994
Eptingium onesimos Carter 1993
G. †Ferresium Blome 1984
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Ferresium conclusum Carter 1993
Ferresium laseekense Blome 1984
Ferresium okuyucui Uzuncimen et al. 2011
Ferresium philippinense Yeh and Cheng 1996
Ferresium teekwoonense Carter 1993
Ferresium triquetrum Carter 1993
G. †Perisphyridium Dumitrica 1978
G. †Perispyridium Dumitrica 1978
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Perispyridium darwini MacLeod 1988
Perispyridium dettermani Pessagno and Blome 1982
Perispyridium dumitricai Pessagno and Blome 1982
Perispyridium facetum Pessagno and Blome 1982
Perispyridium hippaense Carter et al. 1988
Perispyridium ordinarium Pessagno 1977
Perispyridium schopfi MacLeod 1988
Perispyridium serratum Kiessling 1999
Perispyridium tamarackense Pessagno and Blome 1982
Perispyridium trifolium Kiessling 1999
Invalid names: Protoperispyridium Yeh 1987 [synonym]
G. †Pylostephanidium Dumitrica 1978
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Pylostephanidium clavator Dumitrica 1978
Pylostephanidium mimeticum Dumitrica et al. 2010
G. †Spongostephanidium Dumitrica 1978
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Spongostephanidium austriacum Kozur and Mostler 1996
G. †Tozerium Carter et al. 1998
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Tozerium nascens Carter et al. 1998
G. †Triassistephanidium Dumitrica 1978
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Triassistephanidium anisicum Kozur and Mostler 1996
G. †Triassolaguncula Dumitrica et al. 2010
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Triassolaguncula tetrapes Dumitrica et al. 2010
G. †Veleptingium Dumitrica et al. 2010
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Veleptingium odoghertyi Dumitrica et al. 2010
G. †Xenorum Blome 1984
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Xenorum flexum Blome 1984
Xenorum jinluense Wang et al. 2002
Xenorum jurassicum Kozur and Mostler 1990
Xenorum rotundum Dumitrica et al. 2010
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 Spathian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 251.30000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (507 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian - Spathian251.3 - 247.2Thailand Spongostephanidium longispinosum (64504 64505 64507 64510 64511)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Japan (Kanto) Cryptostephanidium longispinosum (220545) Cryptostephanidium sp. (220544 220553 220557 220564) Cryptostephanidium sp., Cryptostephanidium longispinosum (220541 220559 220561 220563) Cryptostephanidium sp., Eptingium sp. (220547 220556 220558) Cryptostephanidium spp., Eptingium sp., Cryptostephanidium longispinosum (220548) Eptingium sp., Cryptostephanidium longispinosum (220552)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Japan (Honshu) Spongostephanidium longispinosum (220598 220599)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Thailand (San Kamphaeng) Spongostephanidium longispinosum (220605 220606 220607 220611 220612)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Japan (Tochigi) Cryptostephanidium longispinosum (220575) Cryptostephanidium sp., Cryptostephanidium longispinosum (220576 220577 220579)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Japan (Aichi) Cryptostephanidium longispinosus (220802 220805) Cryptostephanidium sp. (220803 220806)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Japan Cryptostephanidium longispinosum (95327 95372) Cryptostephanidium sp. (95326)
Spathian - Aegean251.3 - 242.0China (Yunnan) Eptingium sp. (220581)
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Japan (Aichi) Cryptostephanidium cornigerum (220808) Cryptostephanidium cornigerum, Cryptostephanidium verrucosum, Eptingium manfredi (220809) Cryptostephanidium verrucosum (220807)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Japan (Tochigi) Cryptostephanidium sp. A, Cryptostephanidium sp. B, Cryptostephanidium sp. C, Cryptostephanidium sp. D, Cryptostephanidium sp., Eptingium japonicum, Eptingium sp. A, Eptingium sp., Cryptostephanidium japonicum, Eptingium nakasekoi (96064) Cryptostephanidium sp. A, Cryptostephanidium sp. C, Cryptostephanidium sp., Eptingium sp. A, Eptingium sp., Cryptostephanidium japonicum, Eptingium nakasekoi (96063) Cryptostephanidium sp. A, Cryptostephanidium sp. D, Cryptostephanidium sp., Eptingium sp. A, Eptingium sp., Cryptostephanidium japonicum, Cryptostephanidium longispinosum, Eptingium nakasekoi (96061) Eptingium sp. A, Eptingium sp., Cryptostephanidium japonicum, Eptingium nakasekoi (96062)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Oman Perispyridium ordinarium (125308)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Antarctica (Antarctic Peninsula) Perispyridium sp. (51834)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Italy Perispyridium ordinarium (47166)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Antarctica (Antarctic Peninsula) Perispyridium serratum, Perispyridium ordinarium, Perispyridium trifolium (9956) Perispyridium sp., Perispyridium ordinarium (51833 51836 51837)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Antarctica Perispyridium ordinarium (46960) Perispyridium trifolium (46961)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Japan Perispyridium ordinarium (53905)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Mexico (San Luis Potosi) Perispyridium delicatum (51759) Perispyridium delicatum, Perispyridium neotamanense, Perispyridium sp. (51755 51760 51770 51776) Perispyridium delicatum, Perispyridium sp. (51763 51764 51765 51767 51768 51771) Perispyridium neotamanense, Perispyridium sp. (51773) Perispyridium sp. (51769)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Antarctica (Antarctic Peninsula) Perispyridium sp. (51838)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0USA (California) Perispyridium neotamanense (50743 50744)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Antarctica Perispyridium serratum (51827) Perispyridium serratum, Perispyridium ordinarium, Perispyridium trifolium (46964) Perispyridium serratum, Perispyridium trifolium (46962 46965 46971 46972 51826) Perispyridium sp. (51824 51825) Perispyridium trifolium (46963)