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Sphaerochitina

Protozoa

Taxonomy
Sphaerochitina is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Rhizopodea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Sphaerochitina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
RankNameAuthor
classRhizopodeavon Siebold 1845
genusSphaerochitina

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Telychian or 438.50000 to 380.20000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Estonia S. sp. (183405)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Spain (Palencia) S. lycoperdoides (40344)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Czech Republic S. sp. (14062)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Ireland S. sp. (10594)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Russian Federation (Siberia) S. sphaerocephala (206346)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic S. sp. (14075 14078) S. sphaerocephala (14074 14156)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Czech Republic S. sp. (14076 14079) S. sphaerocephala (14041 14157)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Australia (New South Wales) S. schwalbi (115051 115053 115067) S. sp. (115049) S. sp., S. schwalbi (115068)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Czech Republic S. sphaerocephala (14042 14044)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Australia (New South Wales) S. schwalbi (115023 115096 115099) S. sp. (115021)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6China (Guangxi) S. communisa (4008)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7USA (Maine) S. sp. (10600)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Turkey S. sp. (200386)