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Cyrtisphaeractenium

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Archocyrtiidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtisphaeractenium was named by Deflandre (1972) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame C Vise-l]. Its type is Cyrtisphaeractenium mendax.

It was assigned to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Archocyrtiidae by De Wever et al. (2001), Feng et al. (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Cyrtisphaeractenium Deflandre
2001Cyrtisphaeractenium De Wever et al. p. 213
2002Cyrtisphaeractenium Sepkoski
2004Cyrtisphaeractenium Feng et al. p. 384

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyArchocyrtiidaeKozur and Mostler 1981
genusCyrtisphaeracteniumDeflandre 1972

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. †Cyrtisphaeractenium Deflandre 1972
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Cyrtisphaeractenium fluegeli Kiessling and Tragelehn 1994
Cyrtisphaeractenium mendax Deflandre 1972
Cyrtisphaeractenium sandbergi Schwartzapfel and Holdsworth 1996
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 Tournaisian to the top of the Chadian or 358.86000 to 339.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Germany C. serrensis (90999)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9Thailand C. mendax (90896 90897)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Germany C. rurae (91002)