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Saturnalis

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae

Taxonomy
Saturnalis was named by Haeckel (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: J l R Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Saturnalinae.

It was assigned to Saturnalinae by De Wever et al. (2001); to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Saturnalidae by Sharma and Takahashi (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Saturnalis Haeckel
2001Saturnalis De Wever et al. p. 209
2002Saturnalis Sepkoski
2007Saturnalis Sharma and Takahashi p. 818

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familySaturnalidaeDeflandre 1953
genusSaturnalisHaeckel 1887

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. Saturnalis Haeckel 1887
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Diagnosis
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