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Ceratospyris

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Triospyrididae

Taxonomy
Ceratospyris was named by Ehrenberg (1847). It is extant. Its type is Ceratospyris pentagona.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Ceratospyris Ehrenberg
2001Ceratospyris De Wever et al. p. 229

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyAcanthodesmiaceaHertwig 1879
familyTriospyrididaeHaeckel 1881
genusCeratospyrisEhrenberg 1847

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. Ceratospyris Ehrenberg 1847
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Ceratospyris articulata Ehrenberg 1873
Ceratospyris pentagona Ehrenberg 1873
Ceratospyris radicata Ehrenberg 1844
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 Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (715 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Cyprus C. articulata (90892 90893 90894)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Cyprus C. articulata (90889 90890 90891)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6North Pacific C. borealis (261141 261142 261143 261144 261145 261146 261148 261149 261150 261152 261154 261155 261156 261157)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific C. borealis (247889 251005 251014 258435 260048)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58North Pacific C. borealis (261139)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117North Pacific C. borealis (247888)
Neodenticula koizumii - Neodenticula kamtschatica3.665 - 2.65North Pacific C. borealis (250538 250539 250540 250541 250542)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58North Pacific C. borealis (260548 260549 260550 260551 260552 260553 260554 260555 261125 261126 261127 261128 261129 261130 261132 261133 261136 261138 262145 262146 262147 262148 262149 262150 262152 262153 262154 262157 270062)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8North Pacific C. borealis (261124 262143)
Neodenticula koizumii2.65 - 2.0North Pacific C. borealis (250537)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8North Pacific C. borealis (260540 260541 260543 260544 260545 260546 260547 261117 261118 261119 261120 261121 261123 262131 262134 262135 262138 262139 262140 262142 270039 270040 270044 270045 270046 270047 270048 272694)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774North Pacific C. borealis (261440)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774North Pacific C. borealis (260539)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific C. borealis (242472 242473 242474 242475 242476 242477 242479 247882 247883 247884 247885 250975 250976 250977 250979 250980 250981 250983 250984 250986 250989 250990 250991 250992 250993 250994 250997 250998 251000 251001 256984 256985 256986 258425 258426 258427 258428 258429 258430 258432 258433 260032 260033 260034 260036 260037 260041 260042 260043 260045 260047 260854 260855 260856 260857 260858 260859 260860 260861 260863 260864 260865 260866 260867 260869 260870 260873 260879 266533 266534 266535 266536 266537 266538 266541 266542 266543 266546 266548 266550 267022 267023 267024 267025 267026 267594 267595 267598 267599 267600 267601 267603 267604 268100 268102 268104 268105 268107 269936 269937 269938 269939 269940 269942 269943 269944 269946 269947 269948 269949 269950 269951 269952 269953 269954 269955 269956 269957 269959 269960 269961 269962 269963 269964 269965 269966 269967 269968 269969 269972 269973 269974 269976 269977 269978 269979 269980 269982 269983 269984 269985 269986 271978 271979 271980 271981 271982 271983 271984 271985 271986 271987 271988 271989 271990 271991 271993 271994 271995 271996 271997 271998 271999 272000 272001 272002 272003 272004 272005 272006 272007 272009 272010 272011 272012 272013 272014 272015 272016 272018 272019 272020 272021 272022 272023 272024 272025 272026 272028 272029)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0North Pacific C. borealis (268099)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0North Pacific C. borealis (260312 260313 260314 260315 260316 260317 260318 260319 260320 260321 260322 260659 260660 260662 260663 260666 260667 260668 260669 260672 260675 260676 260677 260679 260683 260684 260824 260825 260826 260828 260830 260832 260840 260841 260842 260843 260844 261417 261418 261419 261420 261421 261422 261423 261424 261425 261426 261427 261428 261429 261758 261759 261760 261761 261762 261763 261764 261765 261766 261767 261768 261769 261771 261888 261891 261892 261896 261935 261936 261937 261939 261940 261941 261942 261943 261944 261945 261946 261947 262274 262275 262276 262278 262279 262281 262282 262283 262288 262289 262291 262293 262294 262295 265956 265957 267660 267663 267664 267665 267669 267670 272734 272735 272736 272737 272738 272739 272741 272742 272743 272744 272745 272746 272748 272749 272750 272751 272752 272753 272754 272755)
C2r.1r2.116 - 1.925North Pacific C. borealis (266065)
Actinocyclus oculatus2.0 - 1.1North Pacific C. borealis (250536)
NN191.9 - 0.42North Pacific C. borealis (252896 252898 252899 252900 252901 252905 252908 252911 252912 252917 252918 252923 252924 252931 252932 252935 252938 252939 252940)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774North Pacific C. borealis (260480 260481 260482 260516 260517 260518 260519 260520 260521 260522 260523 260524 260525 260526 260528 260529 260530 260531 260536 261090 261091 261092 261093 261094 261095 261097 261098 261099 261100 261101 261102 261103 261104 261105 261106 261107 261108 261109 261111 261585 261586 261587 261588 261590 262104 262105 262106 262107 262108 262109 262110 262111 262112 262113 262115 262116 262117 262118 262119 262120 262121 262122 262123 262125 262126 262127 262129 266903 266904 266905 266906 268009 268010 268011 268012 268013 268014 269841 269842 269843 269844 269845 269846 269847 269851 269853 269857 269858 269859 269860 269861 269862 269863 269864 269865 269866 269867 269868 269869 269870 269871 269872 269873 269874 269875 269878 269879 269880 269882 269883 269884 269885 269886 269887 269888 269889 269891 269892 269893 269894 269895 269896 269897 269898 269899 269900 269902 269903 269904 269905 269989 269990 269991 269992 269993 269994 269995 269996 269997 269998 269999 270000 270001 270002 270003 270005 270006 270007 270008 270009 270010 270013 270014 270015 270017 270018 270021 270027 270028 270029 270030 270031 270032 270033 270034 270035 272628 272629 272630 272631 272632 272633 272634 272635 272636 272637 272638 272639 272640 272641 272642 272643 272644 272645 272646 272647 272648 272649 272650 272651 272652 272653 272654 272655 272656 272657 272658 272659 272660 272661 272662 272663 272664 272666 272669 272670 272671 272674 272675 272677 272678 272679 272680 272683 272688 272689 272704 272705 272706 272707 272709 272710 272711 272712 272713 272714 272715 272716 272717 272718 272719 272720 272721 272722 272723 272724 272725 272727 272728 272729 272730 272731 272732 272733)
C1r.2r1.187 - 1.071North Pacific C. borealis (266064)
Proboscia curvirostris1.1 - 0.31North Pacific C. borealis (250533 250534)
Matuyama0.99 - 0.773North Pacific C. borealis (266063)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129North Pacific C. borealis (261430 261436 261438)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan C. borealis (233640 233708 233709 233710 233711 233712)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan C. borealis (233713)
Brunhes0.773 - 0.0North Pacific C. borealis (266061 266062)
NN200.42 - 0.29North Pacific C. borealis (252893)
Neodenticula seminae0.31 - 0.0North Pacific C. borealis (250530 250532)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific C. borealis (252888 252889 269988 272703)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan C. borealis (233714)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Pacific C. borealis (242466 242467 242468 242469 242470 242471 261229 266529 266530 266531 267589 267591 267593 268092 268093 268094 268095 268096 268097 268098)