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Hsuum mulleri

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Hsuidae

Taxonomy
Hsuum mulleri was named by Pessagno and Whalen (1982). Its type specimen is USNM 307236 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C., Maude Formation (Locality 534), which is in a Pliensbachian marine lime mudstone in the Maude Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Hsuum mulleri Pessagno and Whalen
1982Hsuum mulleri Pessagno, Jr. and Whalen p. 133 figs. Pl. 5, figs. 6, 8, 9; Pl. 12, figs. 16-17

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyArchaeodictyomitraceaPessagno 1976
familyHsuidae
genusHsuumPessagno 1977
speciesmulleri

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.

Hsuum mulleri Pessagno, Jr. and Whalen 1982
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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: Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Hsuum mulleri (type locality: 32726 32749 119713 119714 119715 119716 119767 119768 119770 119771 119773 119774 119775 119800 119808 119810 119811 119854)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Hsuum mulleri (119711 119776)