Prantlitina

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Prantlitina
Temporal range:
Ma[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Tubulinea
Order: Arcellinida
Family:
Difflugiidae
Genus: Prantlitina
Vašíček & Růžička 1957
Species
  • P. prantli
  • P. šustai
  • P. remeši
  • P. štúri

Prantlitina is a poorly studied genus of

Difflugiidae, order Arcellinida,[2]
but after that year it does not appear in any classification of Arcellinida or any other group.

Etymology

The name Prantlitina was chosen in honor of the

palaeontologist Dr. Ferdinand Prantl.[1]

Taxonomy

According to the original description, Prantlitina contains two subgenera and 6 species, of which only 4 are described and named; the remaining two were left undescribed until a future moment where the study material would be better.[1]

  • Subgenus Prantlitina Vašíček & Růžička 1957
    • P. (Prantlitina) prantli Vašíček & Růžička 1957
    • P. (Prantlitina) šustai Vašíček & Růžička 1957
    • P. (Prantlitina) remeši Vašíček & Růžička 1957
  • Subgenus Prantlitinopsis Vašíček & Růžička 1957
    • P. (Prantlitinopsis) štúri Vašíček & Růžička 1957
    • P. (Prantlitinopsis) sp. (two undescribed species)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Vašíček, Miloslav; Růžička, Bohuslav (1957). "Namurian Thecamoebina from the Ostrava-Karviná Coal District". Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae. 13B (5): 333–340.
  2. .