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Quarticella hunzikeri

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae

Taxonomy
Quarticella hunzikeri was named by O'Dogherty et al. (2006). Its type specimen is LO17211. Its type locality is VS 4, Vorderi Schneit outcrop, Perrières series, Gets Nappe, Alps, which is in a Bathonian basinal (siliciclastic) chert in Switzerland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Q. conica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Quarticella hunzikeri O'Dogherty et al. p. 438 figs. Pl. 6

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyAmphipyndaceaRiedel 1967
familySyringocapsidaeForeman 1973
genusQuarticellaTakemura 1986
specieshunzikeri

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Quarticella hunzikeri O'Dogherty et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicap
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: omnivorep
Created: 2005-01-28 01:13:47
Modified: 2005-01-28 03:13:47
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 1999

Age range: Middle Bathonian or 167.70000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Switzerland Quarticella hunzikeri (type locality: 66940)