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Pterospongus

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Oertlispongidae

Taxonomy
Pterospongus was named by Dumitrica (1982).

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Pterospongus Dumitrica
2001Pterospongus De Wever et al. p. 169

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilySponguraceaHaeckel 1862
familyOertlispongidaeKozur and Mostler 1980
genusPterospongusDumitrica 1982

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. †Pterospongus Dumitrica 1982
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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 Longobardian to the top of the Carnian or 239.48000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Türkiye P. patrulii (130606)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Albania P. undulatus (53983)