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Pantanellium ranchitoense

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae

Taxonomy

Pantanellium ranchitoense was named by Pessagno and MacLeod (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. aduncum, P. baileyi, P. berriasium, P. buntonense, P. butonense, P. carpathicum, P. cumshewaense, P. darlingtonense, P. dawsoni, P. fishcreekensis, P. haidaense, P. huazalingoense, P. lanceola, P. latum, P. malheurense, P. moscowiense, P. oligoporus, P. rothwelli, P. suessi, P. tredecimporatum, P. ventosum, P. vigrassi, P. virgeum

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1987	Pantanellium ranchitoense Pessagno and MacLeod

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Rank	Name	Author
—	Life
—	Eukaryota	()
class	Protozoa	Goldfuss 1820
subphylum	Sarcodina	Schmarda 1871
class	Reticularea	Lankester 1885
subclass	Radiolaria	(Müller 1858)

Rank	Name	Author
order	Spumellaria	Ehrenberg 1875
family	Pantanelliidae	Pessagno 1977
subfamily	Pantanelliinae	Pessagno 1977
genus	Pantanellium	Pessagno 1977
species	ranchitoense	Pessagno and MacLeod 1987

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.

†Pantanellium ranchitoense Pessagno and MacLeod 1987

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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: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 152.21000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (20 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	152.21 - 149.2	Antarctica (Antarctic Peninsula)	Pantanellium ranchitoense (9956)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	152.21 - 149.2	Antarctica	Pantanellium ranchitoense (46961)
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	Antarctica	Pantanellium ranchitoense (46962 46967 46971)
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	Italy	Pantanellium ranchitoense (47167)
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	Mexico (San Luis Potosi)	Pantanellium ranchitoense (51755 51759 51760 51762 51763 51764 51765 51768 51769 51773 51776)
Late/Upper Tithonian	145.06 - 143.1	Antarctica	Pantanellium ranchitoense (46969)
Late/Upper Tithonian	145.06 - 143.1	Mexico (San Luis Potosi)	Pantanellium ranchitoense (51774 51775)