Full reference: A. Eisenack. 1958. Tasmanites Newton 1875 und Leiosphaeridia n.g. als Gattungen der Hystrichosphaeridea. Palaeontographica Abh A110(1-3):1-19
Parent taxon: Life according to L. A. Riedman et al. 2023
See also Allison and Awramik 1989, Eisenack 1958, Maithy 1975 and Yao et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Amphibrachium, Ampulla, Arbustrum, Archidiscus, Arrhiniella, Attacus fossilis, Axellipsis, Azyrtalia, Balbiriniella, Batoballa, Campylacantha, Clonophycus, Concentricisporites, Cyathinema, Dibolisporites, Dictyosoma, Difflugia, Discospira, Distospicula, Eoconcharium, Eoscenidium, Eucarya, Eukarya, Eukaryota, Fusilabellum, Geminispora, Germinosphaera, Glenobotrydion, Heteracantha, Hyalocyrillium, Indophyton, Lepidosteus bohemicus, Matthewcyathus, Monera, Multiconotubus, Navifusa, Nodocapsa, Palaeodiscaleksus, Palaeorubus, Penardiella, Petalopus, Petalopus, Pilavia, Polytrichoides, Procaryotae, Prokaryota, Protohepialus, Protohepialus comstocki, Pterospermopsimorpha, Pygacapsa, Rustia, Salpicola, Siderina, Sinocyrtis, Sphaeranasillos, Stegaspis, Tenuocharta, Tetracanthus, Tindiromacula, Tortunema, Toxidium, Triactis, Tyrasotaenia, Vesicophycus, Warrawoonella, Biota
Subtaxa: Leiosphaeridia asperata Leiosphaeridia baltica Leiosphaeridia crassa Leiosphaeridia crescentica Leiosphaeridia hyalina Leiosphaeridia jacutica Leiosphaeridia kanshiensis Leiosphaeridia menendezii Leiosphaeridia minutissima Leiosphaeridia perthensis Leiosphaeridia pusilla Leiosphaeridia similis Leiosphaeridia simplex Leiosphaeridia tenuissima
Type: Leiosphaeridia baltica
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (3)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (2), Brazil (1), Israel (2), South Sudan (6), United States (7: Kansas)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1)
• Triassic of Madagascar (1)
• Permian to Triassic of Germany (1)
• Permian of Germany (19)
• Devonian of United States (1: Ohio)
• Silurian of Norway (4), the Russian Federation (6)
• Ordovician of Estonia (19), Serbia and Montenegro (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Tremadoc of Sweden (1)
• Cambrian of Belarus (2), Finland (1), Norway (3)
• Wonokan of Argentina (2)
• Ediacaran of Estonia (2), Norway (13), the Russian Federation (1)
• Tonian of Canada (7: Northwest Territories, Yukon), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), India (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Neoproterozoic of India (1), Norway (3)
• Ectasian of the Russian Federation (1)
• Calymmian of the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Montana)
• Mesoproterozoic of Canada (1: Nunavut), India (1)
• Statherian of Australia (14)
Total: 137 collections including 202 occurrences
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