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Tricolocapsa tetragona

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Williriedellidae

Taxonomy
Tricolocapsa tetragona was named by Matsuoka (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Tricolocapsa tetragona Matsuoka

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyWilliriedellidaeDumitrica 1970
genusTricolocapsaHaeckel 1881
speciestetragonaMatsuoka 1983

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.

Tricolocapsa tetragona Matsuoka 1983
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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 Bathonian to the top of the Valanginian or 168.20000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Japan Tricolocapsa tetragona (77132)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Slovakia Tricolocapsa tetragona (53799)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Greece Tricolocapsa tetragona (47843)
Bathonian - Oxfordian168.2 - 154.8Spain Tricolocapsa tetragona (131820)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Germany (Bavaria) Tricolocapsa tetragona (66981)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Oman Tricolocapsa tetragona (47180)