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Amphisphaera
Taxonomy
Amphisphaera was named by Haeckel (1882) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 86]. It is extant. Its type is Amphisphaera neptunus. It was considered unknown by Jianbing and Aitchison (2002).
It was assigned to Actinommidae by Jianbing and Aitchison (2002); and to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002) and Matsuzaki and Suzuki (2014).
It was assigned to Actinommidae by Jianbing and Aitchison (2002); and to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002) and Matsuzaki and Suzuki (2014).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1882 | Amphisphaera Haeckel |
| 2002 | Amphisphaera Jianbing and Aitchison p. 147 |
| 2002 | Amphisphaera Sepkoski |
| 2014 | Amphisphaera Matsuzaki and Suzuki |
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G. Amphisphaera Haeckel 1882
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Amphisphaera gracilis Campbell and Clark 1944
†Amphisphaera mesotriassica Dumitrica et al. 1980
Amphisphaera neptunus Haeckel 1882
Amphisphaera tanzhiyuani Matsuzaki and Suzuki 2014
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| L. Jianbing and J. Aitchison 2002 | The distinction between Amphisphaera and Stylosphaera follows Petrushevskaya (1975) and Hollis (1997). |