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Rhizosphaeridae
Taxonomy
Rhizosphaeridae was named by Haeckel (1881). Its type is Rhizosphaera.
It was assigned to Entactinaria by De Wever et al. (2001).
It was assigned to Entactinaria by De Wever et al. (2001).
Subtaxa
Entered
by W. Kiessling on 2005-06-13; modified by W. Kiessling on 2013-04-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1881 | Rhizosphaeridae Haeckel |
| 2001 | Rhizosphaeridae De Wever et al. p. 201 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 165.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 161.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 161.5 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callovian | Italy | Rhizosphaera sp. A (47163) | |
| Oxfordian | Italy | Rhizosphaera sp. B (47168) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Japan | Rhizosphaera mediana (233640 233708 233709 233710 233711 233712) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Rhizosphaera mediana (233713) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Rhizosphaera mediana (233714) |