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Spongotripus

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae

Taxonomy
Spongotripus is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Spongodiscidae by Kiessling (1999); and to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Spongotripus Kiessling
2002Spongotripus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familySpongodiscidaeHaeckel 1862
genusSpongotripus

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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Spongotripus aculeatus Lipman 1952
Spongotripus patella Hinde 1899
Spongotripus pujanai Kiessling 1999
Spongotripus ruestae Ormiston and Lane 1976
Spongotripus triassicus Kozur and Mostler 1979
Spongotripus xintianensis Sheng and Wang 1982
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available