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Noritus lillihornensis

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Bagotidae

Taxonomy
Noritus lillihornensis was named by Pessagno and Whalen (1982). Its type specimen is USNM 307202 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
1982Noritus lillihornensis Pessagno and Whalen
1982Noritus lillihornensis Pessagno, Jr. and Whalen p. 123 figs. Pl. 5, figs. 3, 4, 10, 15, 19; Pl. 12, fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyArchaeodictyomitraceaPessagno 1976
familyBagotidae
genusNoritus
specieslillihornensis

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.

Noritus lillihornensis 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: base of the Late/Upper Pliensbachian to the top of the Callovian or 192.90000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Noritus lillihornensis (type locality: 32726 32749 32751 119713 119768 119788 119790 119800)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Noritus lillihornensis (119711)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2USA (Oregon) Noritus lillihornensis (124323 124324)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Japan Noritus lillihornensis (124830)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Italy Noritus lillihornensis (47163)