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Archaeospongoprunum elegans

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Archaeospongoprunidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Archaeospongoprunum elegans Wu

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyArchaeospongoprunidaePessagno 1973
genusArchaeospongoprunumPessagno 1973
specieselegansWu 1988

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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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 Aalenian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 174.70000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian - Bajocian174.7 - 168.2Greece Archaeospongoprunum elegans (142124)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Switzerland Archaeospongoprunum elegans (66939)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Romania Archaeospongoprunum elegans (78704)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Italy Archaeospongoprunum elegans (51086 51087)
Middle Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Oman Archaeospongoprunum elegans (125385)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5USA (California) Archaeospongoprunum elegans (50737 50738)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Italy Archaeospongoprunum elegans (47163 47164)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Italy Archaeospongoprunum elegans (51091)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Romania Archaeospongoprunum elegans (78677)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Romania Archaeospongoprunum elegans (78705 78706)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Romania Archaeospongoprunum elegans (78678 78679)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Italy Archaeospongoprunum elegans (47168)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Oman Archaeospongoprunum elegans (125376)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Switzerland Archaeospongoprunum elegans (47162)