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Proventocitidae

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Proventocitidae

Taxonomy
Proventocitidae was named by Aitchison (1998).

It was corrected as Proventocitiidae by Won et al. (2007) and Maletz and Bruton (2008).

It was assigned to Entactinaria by De Wever et al. (2001); to Spumellaria by Won et al. (2007); and to Radiolaria by Maletz and Bruton (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Proventocitidae Aitchison
2001Proventocitidae De Wever et al. p. 174
2007Proventocitiidae Won et al.
2008Proventocitiidae Maletz and Bruton p. 1190

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familyProventocitidaeAitchison 1998
familyProventocitidaeAitchison 1998

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.

Fm. †Proventocitidae Aitchison 1998
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G. †Archeoproventocitum Won et al. 2007
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Archeoproventocitum nudiformum Won et al. 2007
Archeoproventocitum retiformum Won et al. 2007
G. †Cowheadia Won et al. 2007
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Cowheadia duplextesta Won et al. 2007
G. †Protoproventocitum Won et al. 2007
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Protoproventocitum aitchisoni Won et al. 2007
Protoproventocitum floianum Won and Iams 2015
Protoproventocitum nazarovi Won et al. 2007
G. †Proventocitum Nazarov 1988
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Proventocitum cylindricum Won and Iams 2011
Proventocitum holdsworthi Aitchison 1998
Proventocitum piriforme Won and Iams 2011
Proventocitum procerulum Nazarov, in Nazarov and Popov 1980
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 Tremadocian to the top of the Llanvirn or 485.40000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Archeoproventocitum nudiformum, Archeoproventocitum retiformum, Cowheadia duplextesta, Protoproventocitum aitchisoni (234138) Archeoproventocitum nudiformum, Archeoproventocitum retiformum, Protoproventocitum aitchisoni (234141) Protoproventocitum aitchisoni, Protoproventocitum nazarovi (234142 234143)
Moridunian477.7 - 473.8Kazakhstan Proventocitum procerulum (38015)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Norway Proventocitum procerulum (90921 90922)