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Tetragregnon

Protozoa - Latentifistularia - Tetratormentidae

Taxonomy

Tetragregnon was named by Ormiston and Lane (1976) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-u P Djhu Sepkoski's reference number: 535,1007]. Its type is Tetragregnon sycamorensis.

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

Species

Archaeopyramisa concava, Archaeopyramisa convexa, Archaeopyramisa globosa, Archaeopyramisa haeckeli, Archaeopyramisa robusta, Archaeopyramisa talihinaensis, Tetracircinata reconda, T. iowaensis, T. japonicum, T. longispinatum, T. nitidus, T. pyramidatus, T. scalpratus, T. sphaericus, T. sycamorensis (type species), T. tunicatus, T. vimineum, Tetraspongoactinia holdsworthi

Synonyms

Archaeopyramisa was named by Cheng (1986) [Sepkoski's age data: C Serp-l C Bash-u Sepkoski's reference number: 701]. Its type is Archaeopyramisa haeckeli.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tetratormentum by De Wever et al. (2001); it was synonymized subjectively with Tetragregnon by Noble et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002).
Tetracircinata was named by Nazarov and Ormiston (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon-m Sepkoski's reference number: 546]. Its type is Tetracircinata reconda.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tetragregnon by De Wever et al. (2001) and Noble et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002).
Tetraspongoactinia was named by Won (1998). Its type is Tetraspongoactinia holdsworthi.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tetragregnon by Noble et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Pseudolitheliidae by De Wever et al. (2001).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1976	Tetragregnon Ormiston and Lane
1984	Tetracircinata Nazarov and Ormiston
1986	Archaeopyramisa Cheng
1998	Tetraspongoactinia Won
2001	Tetragregnon De Wever et al. p. 101
2001	Tetraspongoactinia De Wever et al. p. 101
2002	Archaeopyramisa Sepkoski
2002	Tetracircinata Sepkoski
2002	Tetragregnon Sepkoski
2017	Tetragregnon Noble et al. p. 469

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Rank	Name	Author
—	Life
—	Eukaryota	()
class	Protozoa	Goldfuss 1820
subphylum	Sarcodina	Schmarda 1871
class	Reticularea	Lankester 1885

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Radiolaria	(Müller 1858)
superorder	Polycystina	(Ehrenberg 1838)
order	Latentifistularia	Caridroit et al. 1999
family	Tetratormentidae	Nestell and Nestell 2010
genus	Tetragregnon	Ormiston and Lane 1976

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. †Tetragregnon Ormiston and Lane 1976

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†Tetragregnon iowaensis Nestell et al. 2012

†Tetragregnon japonicum Sashida and Tonishi 1985

†Tetragregnon longispinatum Feng et al. 2006

†Tetragregnon nitidus Nazarov and Ormiston 1985

†Tetragregnon pyramidatus Nazarov 1986

†Tetragregnon scalpratus Nazarov and Ormiston 1985

†Tetragregnon sphaericus Nazarov 1986

†Tetragregnon sycamorensis Ormiston and Lane 1976

†Tetragregnon tunicatus Nazarov 1986

†Tetragregnon vimineum Amon et al. 1990

Invalid names: Archaeopyramisa Cheng 1986 [synonym], Tetracircinata Nazarov and Ormiston 1984 [synonym], Tetraspongoactinia Won 1998 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available