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Dendrospyris

Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Triospyrididae

Taxonomy
Dendrospyris was named by Haeckel (1881) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant. Its type is Ceratospyris stylophora.

It was assigned to Triospyrididae by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Acrospyris Haeckel
1881Aegospyris Haeckel
1881Dendrospyris Haeckel
1881Giraffospyris Haeckel
1881Pentaspyris Haeckel
1881Taurospyris Haeckel
1881Therospyris Haeckel
2001Dendrospyris De Wever et al. p. 230
2002Acrospyris Sepkoski
2002Aegospyris Sepkoski
2002Dendrospyris Sepkoski
2002Giraffospyris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
superphylumRetariaCavalier-Smith 1999
phylumRadiozoa
superclassPolycystinia
RankNameAuthor
classPolycystinea
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyAcanthodesmiaceaHertwig 1879
familyTriospyrididaeHaeckel 1881
genusDendrospyrisHaeckel 1881

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. Dendrospyris Haeckel 1881
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Dendrospyris stylophora Ehrenberg 1874
Invalid names: Acrospyris Haeckel 1881 [synonym], Aegospyris Haeckel 1881 [synonym], Giraffospyris Haeckel 1881 [synonym], Pentaspyris Haeckel 1881 [synonym], Taurospyris Haeckel 1881 [synonym], Therospyris Haeckel 1881 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 15.98000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Pacific D. sakaii (248443 248444 257012) D. uruyaensis (251097 257003 257004 257005 257006 257007 257008) Giraffospyris sp. (266893)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58North Pacific Giraffospyris angulata (257601)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Japan D. sp. (236002)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ecuador D. binapertonis (90851)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Southern Ocean D. megalocephalis (258883) D. sakaii (247626 247627 247628 258880)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific D. sp. (262427 262430 262431 262432 262434) Giraffospyris sp. (266890 266891)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Southern Ocean D. sakaii (252134)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58North Pacific D. sakaii (260551)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific D. sakaii (269956) Giraffospyris angulata (248425 253647 253648 253649)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0North Pacific Giraffospyris angulata (260322 260669 260670 260825 260826 261422 261424 261425 261759 261762 261767 261937 261939 261942 261943 262276)
NN191.9 - 0.42North Pacific Giraffospyris angulata, Giraffospyris sp. (266887) Giraffospyris sp. (266888 266889)
Matuyama0.99 - 0.773North Pacific Giraffospyris sp. (265534)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific Giraffospyris angulata, Giraffospyris sp. (266886) Giraffospyris sp. (266882 266883 266884 266885)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Pacific Giraffospyris angulata (255102)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Pacific Giraffospyris angulata (261229 268092)