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Protosphaeroniscus tertiarius ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2214101https://www.gbif.org/species/2214101
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)350868https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=350868
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Isopoda : Scleropactidae : Protosphaeroniscus : Protosphaeroniscus tertiarius
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Isopoda : Sphaeroniscidae : Protosphaeroniscus : Protosphaeroniscus tertiarius
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classMalacostracaLatreille 1802
orderIsopodaLatreille 1817
suborderOniscideaLatreille 1802
familySphaeroniscidaeVandel 1964
genusProtosphaeroniscusSchmalfuss 1980
speciesProtosphaeroniscus tertiariusSchmalfuss 1980
Generic NameProtosphaeroniscus
Scientific NameProtosphaeroniscus tertiarius Schmalfuss, 1980
Name Published InSchmalfuss, H. (1980) Die ersten Landasseln aus Dominikanischem Bernstein mit einer systematisch-phylogenetischen Revision der Familie Sphaeroniscidae (Stuttgarter ' Bernsteinsammlung: Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscoidea). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Palaeontologie) 61:1-12.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Protosphaeroniscus tertiariusspeciesbelongs to Protosphaeroniscusstated with evidenceSchmalfuss, 1980
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Malacostraca)
Visionwell-developed (based on Malacostraca)
Dietomnivore (based on Malacostraca)
Taphonomychitin (based on Malacostraca)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. Schmalfuss. 1980. Die ersten Landasseln aus Dominikanischem Bernstein mit einer systematisch-phylogenetischen Revision der Familie Sphaeroniscidae (Stuttgarter Bernsteinsammlung: Crustacea, Isopoda Oniscoidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 61:1-12

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1980Protosphaeroniscus tertiarius Schmalfuss p. 4 figs. 1-6, 9-12,14

References

Schmalfuss H. (1980) Die ersten Landasseln aus Dominikanischem Bernstein mit einer systematisch-phylogenetischen Revision der Familie Sphaeroniscidae (Stuttgarter Bernsteinsammlung: Crustacea, Isopoda Oniscoidea), Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 61, 1-12
Leistikow, Andreas and Johann Wolfgang Wägele, 1999: Checklist of the terrestrial isopods of the new world (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea). Revista Brasileira Zoologie, vol. 16, no. 1. 1-72. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Schmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A, 654: 1-341. - via World Register of Marine Species
Schotte, M.; Kensley, B. F.; Shilling, S. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. - via World Register of Marine Species
Schmidt, C. (2007). Revision of the neotropical Scleropactidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 151 (Supplement 1), 1-339. - via World Register of Marine Species
Schmalfuss, H. (1980) Die ersten Landasseln aus Dominikanischem Bernstein mit einer systematisch-phylogenetischen Revision der Familie Sphaeroniscidae (Stuttgarter ' Bernsteinsammlung: Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscoidea). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Palaeontologie) 61:1-12. - via World Register of Marine Species
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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