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Myzozoa
| Description | Myzozoa is a grouping of specific phyla within Alveolata, that either feed through myzocytosis, or were ancestrally capable of feeding through myzocytosis. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myzozoa, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | phylum | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Myzozoa | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Myzozoa | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Myzozoa | ||||||||||
| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 15 | ||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (20%) | ||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 172 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. M. Keating. 1992. Palynology of the Lachman Crags Member, Santa Marta Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of north-west James Ross Island. Antartic Science 4(3):293-304 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myzozoa |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Dinozoa subphylum | listed (PBDB) | 26 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Aconoidasida class | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apicomonadea class | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colponemea class | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conoidasida class | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dinophyceae class | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,507 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ellobiopsea class | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Myzomonadea class | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Noctilucea class | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Peridinea ✝ class | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Perkinsea class | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Syndinea class | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Chytridiodinida order | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aeroligeraceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hystrichosphaeridea family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Amphidiadema ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Ixoreis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leiosphaeridia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Polyplicarium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Solenococcidium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tunisphaeridium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Uncinisphaera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Veryhachium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Vulcanisphaera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Miozoa | GBIF | phylum | Chromista : Miozoa |
| Murracystis Haeckel, 1890 | GBIF | genus | Chromista : Myzozoa : Murracystis |
References
| Keating J. M. (1992) Palynology of the Lachman Crags Member, Santa Marta Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of north-west James Ross Island, Antartic Science 4 3, 293-304 |
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!
