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Dictyoprora

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Artostrobiidae

Taxonomy
Dictyoprora was named by Haeckel (1881) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Ol-l Sepkoski's reference number: 686]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Sethophatnidae by Loeblich and Tappan (1961); to Artostrobiidae by O'Conner (1994), De Wever et al. (2001); and to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Cryptocephalus Haeckel
1881Dictyoprora Haeckel
1961Dictyoprora Loeblich and Tappan
1994Dictyoprora O'Conner p. 338
2001Dictyoprora De Wever et al. p. 255
2002Cryptocephalus Sepkoski
2002Dictyoprora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyAcanthodesmiaceaHertwig 1879
familyArtostrobiidaeRiedel 1967
genusDictyoproraHaeckel 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. †Dictyoprora Haeckel 1881
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Dictyoprora amphora Haeckel) 1887
Dictyoprora gibsoni O'Conner 1994
Dictyoprora mongolfieri Ehrenberg 1854
Invalid names: Cryptocephalus 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 Campanian to the top of the Rupelian or 83.60000 to 27.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (221 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Türkiye (Antalya) D. salillum (90702)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07South Pacific D. mongolfieri (247370)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07North Atlantic D. mongolfieri (266050)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Cyprus D. amphora (90893 90894) D. amphora, D. mongolfieri (90892)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07North Pacific D. armadillo (245181 245182 245183)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71South Pacific D. mongolfieri (247365 247367)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9South Pacific D. mongolfieri (258861) D. pirum, D. mongolfieri (258860) D. pirum, D. urceolus (258857) D. urceolus (258858)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9North Atlantic D. mongolfieri (262511 262512)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03North Pacific D. armadillo (243917 243918 245161 245162 245163 245164 245165 245166 245167 245168 245169 245170 245171 245172 245173 245174 245175 245176 245177 245178 245179 245180 245251 245252 245253 245254 245255 245256 245257 245258 245259) D. mongolfieri (244032 244033 244095 244096 244432 244433 244434 244435 244436 244437 244438 244439 244675 244676 244677 244678 244679 244680 244681 245551 245552)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03North Atlantic D. mongolfieri (262924 262926 262927)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Cyprus D. amphora, D. mongolfieri (90889 90890 90891)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71North Pacific D. armadillo (243916 244047 244224) D. mongolfieri (244031 244431 244673 244674)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71South Pacific D. mongolfieri (247355 247362 254225 254226 254227 254229 254231 254232 254233 254234 254236) D. pirum (247353) D. pirum, D. mongolfieri (247354) D. urceolus, D. amphora, D. mongolfieri (254235)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9South Pacific D. mongolfieri (254221)
M. lehneri PRZ42.3 - 40.5South Pacific D. mongolfieri (259849)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71North Pacific D. armadillo (244046 244655 245148 245149 245153 245154 245155 245156 245157 245158 245159 245160 245546 245547) D. armadillo, D. mongolfieri (244030 244426 244427 244428 244467 244653 244654 244669 244670 245568 245696 245796 245797) D. armadillo, D. pirum (245151 245152) D. mongolfieri (244029 244429 244430 244468 244671 244672 244816 244818)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71South Pacific D. mongolfieri (247929 247930)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9North Pacific D. armadillo (244045 245145 245146) D. armadillo, D. mongolfieri (244150 244177 244465 244466 244650 244651 244652 244815 245564 245566 245814) D. mongolfieri (245695)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9South Pacific D. mongolfieri (254214 254217 254219)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Peru (Ica) D. pirum, D. urceolus, D. amphora, D. mongolfieri (84654)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9South Pacific D. pirum (247924) D. urceolus, D. mongolfieri (247925)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9North Pacific D. armadillo (244044 245142 245143 245810 245811 245812) D. armadillo, D. mongolfieri (244148 244165 244166 244167 244168 244169 244170 244171 244172 244173 244174 244175 244176 244223 244462 244463 244464 244647 244648 244649 244666 244667 244668 244804 244805 244806 244807 244808 244809 244810 244811 244812 244813 244814 245537 245538 245539 245540 245541 245542 245543 245544 245545 245813) D. mongolfieri (244461 244801 244802)
Priabonian - Rupelian37.71 - 27.3North Pacific D. armadillo, D. mongolfieri (244458) D. mongolfieri (245536)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3North Pacific D. mongolfieri (244643 244644 244645 244646 244799)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04New Zealand D. gibsoni (90858 90860 90861)