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Plagiacanthinae

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Plagiacanthidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Plagiacanthinae Hertwig
2001Plagiacanthinae De Wever et al. p. 219

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyPlagiacanthidaeHertwig 1879
subfamilyPlagiacanthinaeHertwig 1879
subfamilyPlagiacanthinaeHertwig 1879

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.

Subfm. Plagiacanthinae Hertwig 1879
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G. Dumetum Popofsky 1908
G. †Jeanpierria Dumitrica 2004
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Jeanpierria splendida Dumitrica 2004
G. Neosemantis Popofsky 1913
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Invalid names: Campylacantha Jörgensen 1905 [synonym]
G. Paracystidium Cachon and Cachon 1969
G. Pentaplagia Cachon and Cachon 1969
G. Plagiacantha Claparede 1858
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Plagiacantha nana Bykova 1955
Invalid names: Plagiacantha australis Hinde 1899 [nomen dubium]
G. Plagonium Haeckel 1881
G. Plectagonidium Cachon and Cachon 1969
G. Polyplecta Haeckel 1881
G. Tetraplagia Haeckel 1881
G. Tetraplecta Haeckel 1881
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Tetraplecta hattorii Dumitrica 2004
Tetraplecta yaoi Dumitrica 2004
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 Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 170.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 168.6 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Japan Tetraplecta hattorii (130114)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Japan Tetraplecta yaoi (51714)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71New Zealand Dumetum sp. (130117) Jeanpierria splendida (130118)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Plagiacantha panarium (233709 233710 233711 233712)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan Plagiacantha panarium (233713)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Plagiacantha panarium (233714)