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Rhizopoda

Taxonomy
Rhizopoda was named as a superclass. It is extant.

It was reranked as the class Rhizopoda by Longoria and VonFeldt (1991).

It was assigned to Protozoa by Martin (1904); to Sarcodina by Longoria and VonFeldt (1991); and to Protoctista by Margulis (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Rhizopoda Martin p. 447
1991Rhizopoda Longoria and VonFeldt p. 207
1996Rhizopoda Margulis p. 1074

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukarya
Protoctista
RankNameAuthor
superclassRhizopoda
superclassRhizopoda

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.

Supercl. Rhizopoda
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G. †Asterosphaera Reitlinger 1957
G. †Microchlamys Cockerell 1911
Invalid names: Granuloreticulosea de Saedeleer 1934 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available