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Wrangellium oregonense

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae

Taxonomy
Wrangellium oregonense was named by Yeh (1987). Its type specimen is NMNS (000007) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Suplee-Izee area, OR-600A, which is in a Toarcian marine tuff/limestone in the Hyde Formation of Oregon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
W. hsuei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Wrangellium oregonense Yeh

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
RankNameAuthor
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyAmphipyndaceaRiedel 1967
familyParvicingulidaePessagno 1977
subfamilyWrangelliinae
genusWrangellium
speciesoregonense

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.

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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 Hettangian to the top of the Early/Lower Bathonian or 201.40000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Peru (Amazonas) Wrangellium oregonense (94849)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Wrangellium oregonense (119714 119788 119808)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Wrangellium oregonense (71080 119711 119776)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2USA (Oregon) Wrangellium oregonense (124324)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9USA (Oregon) Wrangellium oregonense (type locality: 124328 124330 124331 124334)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Canada (British Columbia) Wrangellium oregonense (71084)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Japan Wrangellium oregonense (76521)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3USA (Oregon) Wrangellium oregonense (94149)