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Eospongosaturninus

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae

Taxonomy
Eospongosaturninus was named by Kozur and Mostler (1990).

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

Species
E. protoformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Eospongosaturninus Kozur and Mostler
2001Eospongosaturninus De Wever et al. p. 208

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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
subfamilyHexasaturnalinaeKozur and Mostler 1983
genusEospongosaturninusKozur and Mostler 1990

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. †Eospongosaturninus Kozur and Mostler 1990
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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 Middle Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 182.00000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Japan E. protoformis (120007 120009)
Early/Lower Aalenian - Middle Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Japan Acanthocircus protoformis (51711)
Late/Upper Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Japan Acanthocircus protoformis (51712)
Late/Upper Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Spain E. protoformis (120127)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Japan E. protoformis (120018)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Japan Acanthocircus protoformis (51713)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Japan Acanthocircus protoformis (51714)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Oman E. protoformis (125362)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Italy Acanthocircus protoformis (53907)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Mexico (San Luis Potosi) Acanthocircus protoformis (50754)
Early/Lower Oxfordian - Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Mexico (San Luis Potosi) Acanthocircus protoformis (50755 50756)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Mexico (San Luis Potosi) Acanthocircus protoformis (51755 51763 51767 51770 51773 51776)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0USA (California) Acanthocircus protoformis (50743)