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Spongentactinia

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Spongentactinia Nazarov
1983Spongentactinia Nazarov and Ormiston
1993Spongentactinia Aitchison
1997Spongentactinia Won
2001Spongentactinia De Wever et al. p. 181
2002Spongentactinia Sepkoski
2003Spongentactinia Wang et al. p. 136
2014Spongentactinia Takahashi and Miyake p. 284
2017Spongentactinia Noble et al. p. 447

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familyEntactiniidaeRiedel 1967
genusSpongentactiniaNazarov 1975

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. †Spongentactinia Nazarov 1975
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Spongentactinia fungosa Nazarov 1975
Spongentactinia incerta Nestell et al. 2012
Spongentactinia invenusta Aitchison 1993
Spongentactinia marina Afanasieva and Amon 2011
Spongentactinia nupera Nazarov 1981
Spongentactinia polaris Afanasieva and Amon 2011
Spongentactinia rigida Amon et al. 1990
Spongentactinia simensis Amon et al. 1990
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 Early/Lower Frasnian to the top of the Smithian or 383.70000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) S. sp. (90992)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7China (Yunnan) S. shaijingpoensis (90904)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Australia (Western Australia) Polyentactinia invenusta, S. flexa, S. inusitata, S. ambigua, S. mira (233596)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Australia (Western Australia) S. sp. (233600)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) S. sp. (95333 95334)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Vietnam S. sp. (143596 155516)