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Sethophormididae

Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Sethophormididae

Taxonomy
Sethophormididae was named by Haeckel (1881). It is extant.

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

Entered
by M. Broehl (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2006-09-14; modified by B. Allen on 2024-03-05

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Sethophormididae Haeckel
2001Sethophormididae De Wever et al. p. 236

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

Fm. Sethophormididae Haeckel 1881
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G. Enneaphormis Haeckel 1881
G. Protoscenium Jorgensen 1905
G. Sethophormis Haeckel 1881
G. †Velicucullus Riedel and Campbell 1952
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 Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Southern Ocean Velicucullus oddgurneri (247624 247628 258880 258881 259940 259942 259943)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Southern Ocean Enneaphormis rotula (250739)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Southern Ocean Enneaphormis rotula (249970 250721)