From Suzuki Paleotax db:
1873 Polysolenia setosa Ehrenberg Ehrenberg p. 298-299, pl. 8, fig. 10
1873 Polysolenia setosa n. sp. Ehrenberg p. 318-319
1887 Acrosphaera setosa (Ehrenberg) Haeckel p. 100
2009 Poylsolenia setosa Ehrenberg [type specimen in the Ehrenberg collection] Suzuki et al. pl. 51, igs. 6a-6c
Catalog entries: Polysolenia setosa
Translated description: [Globose, provided with long, unequal spines; surface finely punctate, with some large pores interspersed. Diameter 56 µ, longest spines 14 µ. Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]
Remarks on original description: For the characters of the genus, ibid., p. 832. All forms very dubious.[comment from RadWorld database]
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source:
First occurrence (base): within Quaternary Period (0.00-2.59Ma, base in Gelasian stage). Data source:
Plot of occurrence data:
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1873b). Mikrogeologische Studien als Zusammenfassung seiner Beobachtungen des kleinsten Lebens der Meeres-Tiefgründe aller Zonen und dessen geologischen Einfluss. Monatsberichte der Koniglichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1872: 265-322. gs References:
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