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Spongopallium

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Spongopalliidae

Taxonomy
Spongopallium was named by Dumitrica et al. (1980). Its type is Spongopallium contortum.

It was assigned to Spongopalliidae by Dumitrica et al. (1980); and to Spumellaria by Kiessling (2003).

Species
S. contortum (type species), S. tetrapterum
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. koppi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Spongopallium Dumitrica et al.
2003Spongopallium Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familySpongopalliidaeKozur et al. 1996
genusSpongopallium

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. †Spongopallium Dumitrica et al. 1980
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†Spongopallium contortum Dumitrica et al. 1980
†Spongopallium tetrapterum Ramovs and Gorican 1995
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 Pelsonian to the top of the Longobardian or 244.24000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Yunnan) S. sp. (95438)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33China (Yunnan) S. contortum (220595 220596)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Hungary S. contortum (153381)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464China (Xizang) S. sp. (95743 95744)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Slovenia S. contortum, S. tetrapterum (96051)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Thailand S. koppi (130485 130499 130504 130525 130532)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Slovenia S. koppi (54022) S. koppi, S. contortum (54015 54017 54021) S. koppi, S. sp. A, S. sp. B, S. contortum (54019 54020) S. sp. A, S. contortum (54023)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Italy (Veneto) S. contortum (96203 96204)
Illyrian - Longobardian243.33 - 237.0Hungary S. sp. (153380)
Fassanian - Longobardian241.464 - 237.0Slovenia S. contortum (54024 54025)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Slovenia S. contortum (54026)