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Quadrapesus

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Pylentonemidae

Taxonomy
Quadrapesus was named by Cheng (1986) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-u C Tour-l Sepkoski's reference number: 701]. Its type is Quadrapesus dumitricai.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Quadrapesus Cheng
2001Quadrapesus De Wever et al. p. 182
2002Quadrapesus Sepkoski
2017Quadrapesus Noble et al. p. 457

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familyPylentonemidaeDeflandre 1963
genusQuadrapesusCheng 1986

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. †Quadrapesus Cheng 1986
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Quadrapesus araneae Schwartzapfel and Holdsworth 1996
Quadrapesus bakeri Schwartzapfel and Holdsworth 1996
Quadrapesus conili Schwartzapfel and Holdsworth 1996
Quadrapesus dumitricai Cheng 1986
Quadrapesus jimisonae Schwartzapfel and Holdsworth 1996
Quadrapesus sixi Schwartzapfel and Holdsworth 1996
Quadrapesus transitivus Liu and Hao 2006
Quadrapesus unicus Cheng 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available