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Collosphaeridae

Protozoa - Collodaria - Collosphaeridae

Taxonomy
Collosphaeridae was named by Müller (1858). It is extant. Its type is Collosphaera.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Collosphaeridae Müller
2001Collosphaeridae De Wever et al. p. 169

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderCollodariaHaeckel 1881
familyCollosphaeridaeMüller 1858
familyCollosphaeridaeMüller 1858

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. Collosphaeridae Müller 1858
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G. Buccinosphaera Haeckel 1887
G. Collosphaera Müller 1855
G. Otosphaera Haeckel 1887
G. Polysolenia Ehrenberg 1872
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Polysolenia setosa Ehrenberg 1873
Invalid names: Acrosphaera Haeckel 1881 [objective synonym]
G. †Trisolenia Ehrenberg 1860
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Invalid names: Solenosphaera Haeckel 1887 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Santonian to the top of the Holocene or 85.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.6 Ma

Collections (131 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Russian Federation (Tambov) Polysolenia sp. (95161)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Pacific Acrosphaera sp. (266894 266895 266896) Acrosphaera sp., Otosphaera auriculata (266893)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63North Pacific Otosphaera auriculata (258059 258061 258064)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246North Pacific Solenosphaera omnitubus (245222 245270 245271)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333North Pacific Solenosphaera omnitubus (260392 260393 260394 260395 260396 260397 260398 260399 260406 260410 269340 269341 270749 270750 270751 271735 271736 271737 271738)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Southern Ocean Acrosphaera australis (258880 258881 258882 259941 259942) Acrosphaera labrata, Acrosphaera murrayana, Acrosphaera mercurius (259939) Acrosphaera murrayana (258884 258885 258886) Acrosphaera murrayana, Acrosphaera australis (247625 247626 247627 247628 259940 259943) Acrosphaera murrayana, Acrosphaera australis, Acrosphaera mercurius (247624)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333North Pacific Solenosphaera omnitubus (245267 245268 245269)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58North Pacific Solenosphaera omnitubus (260387 260388)
NN910.6 - 9.6North Pacific Acrosphaera spinosa (259802)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333North Pacific Solenosphaera omnitubus (245221)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6North Pacific Solenosphaera omnitubus (245266)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Southern Ocean Acrosphaera spinosa (247917)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific Acrosphaera murrayana, Acrosphaera spinosa, Solenosphaera omnitubus, Collosphaera macropora, Otosphaera polymorpha (266891) Acrosphaera sp. (262426 262428 262429 262430 262433) Acrosphaera sp., Collosphaera sp. (262436) Acrosphaera sp., Trisolenia megalactis (262427) Acrosphaera spinosa (266890 266892) Solenosphaera omnitubus (260386 270747)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Pacific Acrosphaera inflata, Acrosphaera spinosa (250575) Acrosphaera spinosa, Acrosphaera spinosa, Otosphaera auriculata (250573) Acrosphaera spinosa, Collosphaera huxleyi, Otosphaera auriculata (250572) Acrosphaera spinosa, Otosphaera auriculata (250574)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Pacific Acrosphaera cyrtodon, Collosphaera huxleyi, Otosphaera auriculata (250571)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific Acrosphaera collina, Acrosphaera spinosa, Collosphaera tuberosa (253648) Acrosphaera collina, Acrosphaera spinosa, Solenosphaera quadrata, Buccinosphaera invaginata, Collosphaera macropora, Collosphaera tuberosa (253647) Acrosphaera sp. (264862 264864) Acrosphaera sp., Acrosphaera trepanata (264866) Acrosphaera spinosa (248426) Acrosphaera spinosa, Solenosphaera quadrata, Collosphaera macropora, Collosphaera tuberosa (248425) Collosphaera huxleyi (248428) Collosphaera sp. (264861) Collosphaera tuberosa (260364 260365 271725)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Southern Ocean Acrosphaera mercurius (250732)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indian Ocean Acrosphaera murrayana, Collosphaera tuberosa (250874) Acrosphaera spinosa (250875 250877 250878) Collosphaera macropora (250876) Collosphaera tuberosa (253095 254592 256661 256662 256663)
NN191.9 - 0.42North Pacific Acrosphaera murrayana, Acrosphaera spinosa (266887 266888) Acrosphaera spinosa (266889)
Jaramillo1.071 - 0.99North Pacific Collosphaera sp. (265539)
Jaramillo - Matuyama1.071 - 0.773North Pacific Acrosphaera murrayana (265536)
Matuyama0.99 - 0.773North Pacific Acrosphaera trepanata (265534)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129North Pacific Acrosphaera spinosa (255106)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Indian Ocean Acrosphaera spinosa (259749) Buccinosphaera invaginata (257493)
NN200.42 - 0.29North Pacific Acrosphaera spinosa (257525 257526 259779) Acrosphaera spinosa, Collosphaera tuberosa (257522)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific Acrosphaera lappacea (259775) Acrosphaera murrayana, Acrosphaera spinosa, Collosphaera huxleyi, Collosphaera brattstroemi (266886) Acrosphaera spinosa (257510 257517 257519 257520 259772 259777) Acrosphaera spinosa, Acrosphaera lappacea (257512 257515 259773) Acrosphaera spinosa, Acrosphaera lappacea, Collosphaera tuberosa (257511) Acrosphaera spinosa, Buccinosphaera invaginata (257514) Acrosphaera spinosa, Collosphaera tuberosa (259774) Acrosphaera trepanata, Collosphaera huxleyi, Collosphaera brattstroemi, Collosphaera orthoconus (266883) Acrosphaera trepanata, Collosphaera huxleyi, Collosphaera tuberosa, Collosphaera brattstroemi, Collosphaera orthoconus (266882) Collosphaera tuberosa, Collosphaera brattstroemi (266884 266885)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Pacific Acrosphaera spinosa, Solenosphaera quadrata, Buccinosphaera invaginata, Collosphaera macropora, Collosphaera tuberosa (255100) Acrosphaera spinosa, Solenosphaera quadrata, Buccinosphaera invaginata, Collosphaera tuberosa (255101) Acrosphaera spinosa, Solenosphaera quadrata, Collosphaera tuberosa, Collosphaera huxleyi (255102)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Southern Ocean Acrosphaera mercurius (250721)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Pacific Buccinosphaera invaginata, Collosphaera tuberosa (249239)