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Stigmosphaerostylus profundisulcus

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae

Taxonomy
Entactinia profundisulcus was named by Aitchison (1993). Its type specimen is GSWA F44068, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pillara Range, SE of Menyous Gap, Canning Basin, which is in a Frasnian reef, buildup or bioherm shale/limestone in the Gogo Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Apophysisphaera profundisulcus by Won (1997); it was recombined as Stigmosphaerostylus profundisulcus by Aitchison et al. (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Entactinia profundisulcus Aitchison p. 114 figs. pl. 7, figs. 7, 8
1997Apophysisphaera profundisulcus Won
1999Stigmosphaerostylus profundisulcus Aitchison et al. p. 152

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familyEntactiniidaeRiedel 1967
genusStigmosphaerostylusRüst 1892
speciesprofundisulcus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available