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Dendrospyris

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Triospyrididae

Taxonomy

Dendrospyris was named by Haeckel (1881) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant. Its type is Ceratospyris stylophora.

It was assigned to Triospyrididae by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

D. stylophora, Giraffospyris heptaceros, Giraffospyris lata

Species lacking formal opinion data

D. binapertonis

Synonyms

Acrospyris was named by Haeckel (1881) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dendrospyris by De Wever et al. (2001).

It was assigned to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002).
Aegospyris was named by Haeckel (1881) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dendrospyris by De Wever et al. (2001).

It was assigned to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002).
Giraffospyris was named by Haeckel (1881) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R]. It is extant. Its type is Ceratospyris heptaceros.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dendrospyris by De Wever et al. (2001).

It was assigned to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002).
Pentaspyris was named by Haeckel (1881). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dendrospyris by De Wever et al. (2001).
Taurospyris was named by Haeckel (1881). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dendrospyris by De Wever et al. (2001).
Therospyris was named by Haeckel (1881). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dendrospyris by De Wever et al. (2001).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1881	Acrospyris Haeckel
1881	Aegospyris Haeckel
1881	Dendrospyris Haeckel
1881	Giraffospyris Haeckel
1881	Pentaspyris Haeckel
1881	Taurospyris Haeckel
1881	Therospyris Haeckel
2001	Dendrospyris De Wever et al. p. 230
2002	Acrospyris Sepkoski
2002	Aegospyris Sepkoski
2002	Dendrospyris Sepkoski
2002	Giraffospyris Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
—	Life
—	Eukaryota	()
class	Protozoa	Goldfuss 1820
subphylum	Sarcodina	Schmarda 1871
class	Reticularea	Lankester 1885
subclass	Radiolaria	(Müller 1858)

Rank	Name	Author
superorder	Polycystina	(Ehrenberg 1838)
order	Nassellaria	Ehrenberg 1875
superfamily	Acanthodesmiacea	Hertwig 1879
family	Triospyrididae	Haeckel 1881
genus	Dendrospyris	Haeckel 1881

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. Dendrospyris Haeckel 1881

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Dendrospyris stylophora Ehrenberg 1874

Invalid names: Acrospyris Haeckel 1881 [synonym], Aegospyris Haeckel 1881 [synonym], Giraffospyris Haeckel 1881 [synonym], Pentaspyris Haeckel 1881 [synonym], Taurospyris Haeckel 1881 [synonym], Therospyris Haeckel 1881 [synonym]

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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Langhian or 15.98000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.45 - 13.82	Japan	D. sp. (236002)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Ecuador	D. binapertonis (90851)