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Protoentactiniidae

Protozoa - Archaeospicularia - Protoentactiniidae

Taxonomy
Protoentactiniidae was named by Kozur et al. (1996).

It was synonymized subjectively with Palaeoscenidiidae by Takahashi and Miyake (2014).

It was assigned to Entactinaria by Kozur et al. (1996); to Spumellaria by Won and Iams (2002) and Won et al. (2007); to Entactinaria by Maletz and Bruton (2008); and to Archaeospicularia by Noble et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Protoentactiniidae Kozur et al.
2002Protoentactiniidae Won and Iams p. 29
2007Protoentactiniidae Won et al.
2008Protoentactiniidae Maletz and Bruton p. 1186
2017Protoentactiniidae Noble et al. p. 434

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderArchaeospiculariaDumitrica et al. 2000
familyProtoentactiniidaeKozur et al. 1996
familyProtoentactiniidaeKozur et al. 1996

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.

Fm. †Protoentactiniidae Kozur et al. 1996
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G. †Protoentactinia Kozur et al. 1996
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†Protoentactinia bifurcata Maletz and Bruton 2007
†Protoentactinia deformis Won et al. 2005
†Protoentactinia gracilispinosa Kozur et al. 1996
†Protoentactinia kozuriana Won et al. 2005
†Protoentactinia latospinosa Kozur et al. 1996
†Protoentactinia minuta Kozur et al. 1996
†Protoentactinia primigena Won et al. 2005
†Protoentactinia transformis Won et al. 2005
Invalid names: Paulanoblella Kozur and Repetski 2002 [synonym]
G. †Protospongentactinia Won et al. 2007
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†Protospongentactinia spongiosa Won et al. 2007
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M.-Z. Won and W. J. Iams 2002A skeleton formed by a spicule that consists of six, rarely eight median bar-centered rays and branches resulting from refurcation of the rays, commonly forming a globular shell.