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Pyramispongia

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pyramispongiidae

Taxonomy
Pyramispongia was named by Pessagno (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-l K Turo-l]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Pyramispongiidae.

It was assigned to Cavaspongiidae by Zügel (1997); to Pyramispongiidae by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Nodotetraedra pala, P. barmsteinensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. costaricensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Pyramispongia Pessagno
1997Pyramispongia Zügel
2001Pyramispongia De Wever et al. p. 166
2002Nodotetraedra Sepkoski
2002Pyramispongia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyPyramispongiidaeKozur and Mostler 1978
genusPyramispongiaPessagno 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. †Pyramispongia Pessagno 1973
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Invalid names: Nodotetraedra [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicap
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: omnivorep
Created: 2005-01-28 01:13:47
Modified: 2005-01-28 03:13:47
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 1999

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Coniacian or 166.10000 to 85.80000 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Italy Nodotetraedra pala (47163) Nodotetraedra sp. C, Nodotetraedra pala (47164)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Italy Nodotetraedra pala (47168)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Nodotetraedra pala (47162)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany P. magnifica (67105 67106)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. barmsteinensis (154138)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Oman P. barmsteinensis (125381)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) P. barmsteinensis (51151 81855)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Antarctica P. sp. A (46962 46965 46966)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) P. sp., P. barmsteinensis (83083)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (47165 47167)
Early/Lower Tithonian - Middle Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Austria Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (51222 51226)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Oman P. barmsteinensis (125309)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Austria Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (51231)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Austria Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (51196)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Berriasian150.8 - 139.8Germany Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (47169)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Oman Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (47171 47172 47173 47175 47178) Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis, Nodotetraedra pala (47174 47176) P. barmsteinensis (125289 125384)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Austria Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (51197 51198 51201 51202 51214)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian145.0 - 136.4Oman P. barmsteinensis (125291)
Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9Germany Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (51216)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Germany Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (51217)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Oman P. barmsteinensis (125357)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Oman Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis (47179)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Oman P. barmsteinensis (125285)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Oman P. barmsteinensis (125282)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Italy P. costarricensis (77178)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy P. costarricensis, P. glascockensis (78742) P. glascockensis (78741)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Italy P. costarricensis (77274)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) P. glascockensis (54066 54068 54069)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Italy P. glascockensis (77110 77177)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Turkey (Antalya) P. glascockensis (95767)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Canada (Nunavut) P. sp. (165999)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Turkey (Antalya) P. glascockensis (95768)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Japan (Hokkaido) P. glascockensis (96032 96033)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Germany (Bayern) P. costaricensis, P. glascockensis (95842)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Japan (Hokkaido) P. glascockensis (96035 96036 96037 96038 96039 96040 96041)