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Poulpidae

Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Poulpidae

Taxonomy
Poulpidae was named by De Wever (1981). Its type is Poulpus.

It was assigned to Nassellaria by De Wever (1981); and to Nassellaria by Zügel (1997).

Entered
by W. Kiessling on 2005-05-30; modified by W. Kiessling on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Poulpidae De Wever
1997Poulpidae Zügel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
superphylumRetariaCavalier-Smith 1999
phylumRadiozoa
superclassPolycystinia
RankNameAuthor
classPolycystinea
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyPoulpidaeDe Wever 1981
familyPoulpidaeDe Wever 1981

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. †Poulpidae De Wever 1981
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G. †Eonapora Kozur and Mostler 1979
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Eonapora curvata Kozur and Mostler 1979
Eonapora mesotriassica Kozur and Mostler 1981
Eonapora pulchra Kozur and Mostler 1979
Eonapora robusta Kozur and Mostler 1981
G. †Hozmadia Dumitrica et al. 1980
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Hozmadia ozawai Sugiyama 1992
Hozmadia pyramidalis Gorican and Buser 1990
Hozmadia reticulata Dumitrica et al. 1980
Hozmadia rotunda Nakaseko and Nishimura 1979
G. †Neopylentonema Kozur 1984
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Neopylentonema procera Sugiyama 1997
G. †Parapoulpus Kozur and Mostler 1979
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Parapoulpus oertlii Kozur and Mostler 1979
Parapoulpus parviaperturus Kozur and Mostler 1979
G. †Poulpus De Wever 1979
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Poulpus curvispinus Dumitrica et al. 1980
Poulpus haeckeli Yeh 1987
Poulpus hirsutus De Wever 1982
Poulpus karnicus Yeh 1989
Poulpus lupheri Yeh 1987
Poulpus nishimurae Sugiyama 1992
Poulpus oculatus De Wever 1982
Poulpus phasmatodes De Wever 1979
Poulpus piabyx De Wever 1979
Poulpus reschi Kozur and Mostler 1979
Poulpus transitus Kozur and Mostler 1981
Invalid names: Annulopoulpus Kozur and Mostler 1981 [synonym], Veghia Kozur and Mostler 1981 [synonym]
G. †Saitoum Pessagno 1977
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Saitoum cepeki Schaaf 1981
Saitoum corniculum De Wever 1981
Saitoum coronarium Carter et al. 1998
Saitoum curvipedatum De Wever 1982
Saitoum dercourti Widz and De Wever 1993
Saitoum dickinsoni Yeh 1987
Saitoum elegans De Wever 1981
Saitoum keki De Wever 1982
Saitoum levium De Wever 1981
Saitoum pagei Pessagno 1977
Saitoum smithi Yeh 1987
Saitoum thayeri Yeh 1987
Saitoum trichylum De Wever 1981
Saitoum triumphense Carter et al. 1998
G. †Saitulpus Dumitrica and Zügel 2003
G. †Triassobipedis Kozur 1984
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Triassobipedis aetoides Sugiyama 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Holocene or 248.10000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (310 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7New Zealand Poulpus caveaformis (95169) Poulpus caveaformis, Poulpus sp. (95170 95171)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Japan (Aichi) Hozmadia gifuensis (220806) Hozmadia ozawai (220805)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Thailand (Phatthalung) Hozmadia sp. (220597) Saitoum sp. (220820)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Japan Hozmadia ozawai, Poulpus nishimurae, Triassobipedis aetoides (95372) Hozmadia sp. (95326 95329) Poulpus nishimurae (95325)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Japan (Tochigi) Hozmadia sp. (220580) Hozmadia sp., Hozmadia ozawai (220579) Hozmadia sp., Triassobipedis sp. (220576 220577) Hozmadia sp., Triassobipedis sp., Hozmadia ozawai (220575)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Guangxi) Hozmadia sp. (95181)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Japan (Honshu) Poulpus sp., Saitoum sp. (220598 220599)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Japan (Kanto) Hozmadia sp. (220563)
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24Japan (Aichi) Hozmadia gifuensis (220807) Hozmadia sp. (220800 220808 220809)
Aegean - Pelsonian246.7 - 243.33Thailand Poulpidae indet. (73870)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Oman Saitoum elegans (125291)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Italy Saitoum elegans (49117 51779 51780 51781 51782 51783 51784 51785 51786 51787 51788)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Oman Saitoum elegans (125357)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Italy Saitoum elegans (51703 51704 51705 51706 51707)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Oman Saitoum cepeki (47179)
Late/Upper Valanginian - Early/Lower Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Italy Saitoum elegans (51702)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Italy Saitoum elegans (51700 51701)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Italy Saitoum elegans (49128)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Saitoum mercuriale (77273)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Southern Ocean Poulpus spp. (250721)