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Palacantholithus

Protozoa - Albaillellaria

Taxonomy
Palacantholithus was named by Deflandre (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: C l Sepkoski's reference number: 546]. Its type is Palacantholithus stellatus. It is the type genus of Palacantholithidae.

It was assigned to Palacantholithidae by De Wever et al. (2001); to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Albaillellaria by Noble et al. (2017).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Palacantholithus Deflandre
2001Palacantholithus De Wever et al. p. 98
2002Palacantholithus Sepkoski
2017Palacantholithus Noble et al. p. 430

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderAlbaillellariaDeflandre 1953
genusPalacantholithusDeflandre 1973

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. †Palacantholithus Deflandre 1973
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Palacantholithus crux Deflandre 1973
Palacantholithus curvativus Afanasieva 2000
Palacantholithus stellatus Deflandre 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available