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Charlottea weedensis

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae

Taxonomy
Charlottea weedensis was named by Carter et al. (1998). Its type locality is S8-2-QC-545 Kunga Island, which is in a Hettangian basinal (siliciclastic) limestone/siltstone in the Sandilands Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Charlottea weedensis Carter et al.
1998Charlottea weedensis Whalen and Carter

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familyEptingiidaeDumitrica 1978
genusCharlottea
speciesweedensis

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.

†Charlottea weedensis Carter et al. 1998
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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 Early/Lower Hettangian to the top of the Early/Lower Bathonian or 201.40000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) Charlottea weedensis (94290)
Early/Lower Hettangian - Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) Charlottea weedensis (94393 94395 94396 94397)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Türkiye Charlottea weedensis (33670 33671 33672)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) Charlottea weedensis (34140 34142 34144 94292 94293 94294 94297 94374 type locality: 94375 94376)
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) Charlottea weedensis (94282 94283 94284 94285 94287 94288)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Charlottea weedensis (34147)
Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Charlottea weedensis (34146 94300 94301 94302)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Charlottea weedensis (94305)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Charlottea weedensis (94423)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Türkiye Charlottea weedensis (33673 33674 33675 33676 33677 33678 33679 33680 33681)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3USA (Oregon) Charlottea weedensis (94149)