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Spongosaturninus

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae

Taxonomy
Spongosaturninus was named by Campbell and Clark (1944).

It was assigned to Saturnalinae by De Wever et al. (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Spongosaturninus Campbell and Clark
2001Spongosaturninus De Wever et al. p. 209

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familySaturnalidaeDeflandre 1953
subfamilySaturnalinaeDeflandre 1953
genusSpongosaturninusCampbell and Clark 1944

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. †Spongosaturninus Campbell and Clark 1944
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†Spongosaturninus corpulentus Dumitrica and Zügel 2008
†Spongosaturninus kiesslingi Dumitrica and Zügel 2008
†Spongosaturninus matsuokai Dumitrica and Zügel 2008
†Spongosaturninus medioangustus Dumitrica and Zügel 2008
†Spongosaturninus radius Dumitrica and Zügel 2008
†Spongosaturninus tortuosus Dumitrica and Zügel 2008
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 Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 184.20000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Japan Acanthocircus bispinus (51710) Spongosaturnalis bispinus, Acanthocircus bispinus (124830)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.9 - 174.7Japan S. bispinus (120009)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan S. bispinus (120194)
Early/Lower Aalenian - Middle Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan Acanthocircus bispinus (51711)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan Acanthocircus bispinus (51712)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Japan Acanthocircus bispinus (51713)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Oman S. bispinus (125362)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Japan Acanthocircus bispinus (51714)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5USA (California) Acanthocircus bispinus (51657)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Italy S. bispinus (51090)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) S. corpulentus, S. kiesslingi, S. matsuokai, S. medioangustus, S. radius, S. tortuosus (51152)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Oman S. minimus (125355)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Oman S. minimus (125357)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Oman S. squinaboli (125358)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2New Zealand S. sp. 1 (95819)