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Aphetocyrtis

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Lophocyrtiidae

Taxonomy
Aphetocyrtis was named by Sanfilippo and Caulet (1998). It was considered unknown by Bąk and Barwicz-Piskorz (2005).

It was assigned to Lophocyrtiidae by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Theoperidae by Bąk and Barwicz-Piskorz (2005).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Aphetocyrtis Sanfilippo and Caulet
2001Aphetocyrtis De Wever et al. p. 284
2005Aphetocyrtis Bąk and Barwicz-Piskorz

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyEucyrtidiaceaEhrenberg 1847
familyLophocyrtiidae
genusAphetocyrtisSanfilippo and Caulet 1998

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. †Aphetocyrtis Sanfilippo and Caulet 1998
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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: Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9South Pacific A. gnomabax (258857) A. gnomabax, A. rossi (258858)
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.04South Pacific A. gnomabax (258856) A. rossi, A. bianulus (258855)