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Mendacastrum baumgartneri

Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Mendacastridae

Taxonomy
Mendacastrum baumgartneri was named by Dumitrica and Zügel (2002). Its type locality is Mue 22, Mülheim radiolarians, Solnhofen, which is in a Tithonian open shallow subtidal wackestone in the Mörnsheim Formation of Germany.

Entered
by F. Reichel (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2008-06-15

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Mendacastrum baumgartneri Dumitrica and Zügel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
superphylumRetariaCavalier-Smith 1999
phylumRadiozoa
superclassPolycystinia
RankNameAuthor
classPolycystinea
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyMendacastridae
genusMendacastrum
speciesbaumgartneri

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.

†Mendacastrum baumgartneri Dumitrica and Zügel 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Mendacastrum baumgartneri (type locality: 51152)