Sphaeroentactinia Maletz & Bruton, 2007
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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/g2017n3a4 |
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Sphaeroentactinia Maletz & Bruton, 2007
Sphaeroentactinia Maletz & Bruton, 2007: 263 .
TYPE SPECIES. — Sphaeroentactinia hexaspinosa Maletz & Bruton, 2007 ( Maletz & Bruton 2007: 264, fig. 6A, 12A-I).
AGE AND LOCATION OF TYPE MATERIAL. — Didymograptellus bifidus and Isograptus lunatus graptolite zones, Floian (Lower Ordovician), Valhallfonna Formation, Spitsbergen.
TAXON CODE. — 046.
STATUS. — Valid.
DIAGNOSIS. — “Spherical radiolarians with a bar-centered spicule and a sphere formed from apophyses; spicule eccentrically positioned; spines may or may not be incorporated in the three-dimensional skeleton.” ( Maletz & Bruton 2007: 263).
REMARKS
This genus is tentatively placed within the Archaeospicularia , but may be an entactinarian.
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Sphaeroentactinia Maletz & Bruton, 2007
Noble, Paula, Aitchison, Jonathan C., Danelian, Taniel, Dumitrica, Paulian, Maletz, Jörg, Suzuki, Noritoshi, Cuvelier, Jessie, Caridroit, Martial & O’Dogherty, Luis 2017 |
Sphaeroentactinia
MALETZ J. & BRUTON D. L. 2007: 263 |