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Archaeocenosphaera ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	9341781	https://www.gbif.org/species/9341781
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	64213	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=64213

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Spumellaria : Xiphostylidae : Archaeocenosphaera

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Retaria : Radiolaria : Spumellaria : Xiphostylidae : Archaeocenosphaera

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Rhizaria
phylum	Retaria	Cavalier-Smith 1999
class	Radiolaria	Müller 1858
superorder	Polycystina
order	Spumellaria	Ehrenberg 1875
family	Xiphostylidae	Haeckel 1881
genus	Archaeocenosphaera	Obut & Iwata 2000

Scientific Name

Archaeocenosphaera Obut & Iwata, 2000

Name Published In

Article title: Lower Cambrian Radiolaria from the Gorny Altai (southern West Siberia).

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Archaeocenosphaera	genus	belongs to Xiphostylidae	stated with evidence	De Wever et al., 2001
Archaeocenosphaera	genus	subjective synonym of Altaiesphaera	stated without evidence	Noble et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Radiolaria)

Motility

passively mobile (based on Radiolaria)

Diet

omnivore (based on Radiolaria)

Taphonomy

silica (based on Radiolaria)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. Pessagno, W. M. Six, and Q. Yang. 1989. The Xiphostylidae Haeckel and Parvivaccidae, n. fam, (Radiolaria) from the North American Jurassic. Micropaleontology 35(3):193-255

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Archaeocenosphaera clathrata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Archaeocenosphaera gregaria ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Archaeocenosphaera hexagonata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Archaeocenosphaera laseekensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	83	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Archaeocenosphaera mellifera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	14	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Archaeocenosphaera micropora ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	156 Ma Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Archaeocenosphaera minuscula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Archaeocenosphaera radiata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Archaeocenosphaera ruesti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	15	180 Ma Early Jurassic	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1989	Archaeocenosphaera Pessagno et al.
2001	Archaeocenosphaera De Wever et al. p. 117

References

Pessagno E., Six W. M., et al (1989) The Xiphostylidae Haeckel and Parvivaccidae, n. fam, (Radiolaria) from the North American Jurassic, Micropaleontology 35 3, 193-255

De Wever P., Dumitrica P., et al (2001) Radiolarians in the sedimentary record, London (Gordon & Breach Sc), 1-533

inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

www.organismnames.com (Jul 2012) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Novosti Paleontologii i Stratigrafii 2-3. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Article title: Lower Cambrian Radiolaria from the Gorny Altai (southern West Siberia). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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