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Palaeospiculum

Protozoa - Archaeospicularia - Palaeospiculidae

Taxonomy

Palaeospiculum was named by Won and Below (1999). Its type is Palaeospiculum burkensis.

It was assigned to Palaeospiculumidae by Won and Below (1999), Won and Iams (2002), Won et al. (2007) and Maletz and Bruton (2008); and to Palaeospiculidae by Noble et al. (2017).

Species

P. arcussimile, P. burkensis (type species), P. curvum, P. dendroeides, P. devoncourtensis, P. discordiosum, P. georginaensis, P. greenpointensis, P. grosmorensis, P. hexaradiatum, P. martinpointensis, P. multifurcatum, P. neofurcatum, P. parvum, P. radiatum, P. reedae, P. tetractinum, P. tetraradiatum, P. variabile

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1999	Palaeospiculum Won and Below p. 339
2002	Palaeospiculum Won and Iams p. 27
2007	Palaeospiculum Won et al.
2008	Palaeospiculum Maletz and Bruton p. 1186
2017	Palaeospiculum Noble et al. p. 435

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Rank	Name	Author
—	Life
—	Eukaryota	()
class	Protozoa	Goldfuss 1820
subphylum	Sarcodina	Schmarda 1871
class	Reticularea	Lankester 1885

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Radiolaria	(Müller 1858)
superorder	Polycystina	(Ehrenberg 1838)
order	Archaeospicularia	Dumitrica et al. 2000
family	Palaeospiculidae	()
genus	Palaeospiculum

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. †Palaeospiculum Won and Below 1999

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†Palaeospiculum arcussimile Won and Below 1999

†Palaeospiculum burkensis Won and Below 1999

†Palaeospiculum curvum Won et al. 2005

†Palaeospiculum dendroeides Won and Below 1999

†Palaeospiculum devoncourtensis Won and Below 1999

†Palaeospiculum discordiosum Won and Iams 2015

†Palaeospiculum georginaensis Won and Below 1999

†Palaeospiculum greenpointensis Won and Iams 2002

†Palaeospiculum grosmorensis Won and Iams 2002

†Palaeospiculum hexaradiatum Won and Iams 2002

†Palaeospiculum martinpointensis Won and Iams 2002

†Palaeospiculum multifurcatum Won et al. 2005

†Palaeospiculum neofurcatum Won et al. 2005

†Palaeospiculum parvum Won and Below 1999

†Palaeospiculum radiatum Won and Below 1999

†Palaeospiculum reedae Won and Below 1999

†Palaeospiculum tetractinum Won et al. 2005

†Palaeospiculum tetraradiatum Won and Iams 2002

†Palaeospiculum variabile Won and Iams 2015

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
M.-Z. Won and W. J. Iams 2002	A point-centered spicular skeleton consisting of four to twelve rays; some or all rays with spinules, maximum third-order spinules present.