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Dactyliosphaera

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Dactyliosphaeridae

Taxonomy
Dactyliosphaera was named by Squinabol (1904) [Sepkoski's age data: K]. It is the type genus of Dactyliosphaeridae.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data
D. persenex, D. regis, D. sempiterna

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Dactyliosphaera Squinabol
2001Dactyliosphaera De Wever et al. p. 134
2002Dactyliosphaera Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyDactyliosphaeridaeSquinabol 1904
genusDactyliosphaeraSquinabol 1904

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. †Dactyliosphaera Squinabol 1904
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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: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 119.57000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Italy D. maxima (76513 77108)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Italy D. acutispina (77178) D. lepta, D. maxima, D. acutispina (77255)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy D. lepta, D. silviae (78741 78742)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy D. lepta, D. acutispina (77274) D. maxima, D. acutispina (77273)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy D. lepta (77284) D. lepta, D. silviae (77177 77286) D. silviae (76493 77375)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy D. lepta (77290 77291)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Poland D. maxima (60290 60308 60309 60310)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Germany (Bayern) D. persenex, D. regis, D. sempiterna, D. silviae, D. tecta (95842)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Germany (Bayern) D. persenex, D. sempiterna (95841)