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Tripocyclia crassa

Protozoa - Xiphostylidae

Taxonomy
Tripocyclia crassa was named by Kiessling (1999). Its type locality is Longing Gap Radiolarians, K 20-1, which is in a Tithonian basinal (siliciclastic) mudstone in the Ameghino Formation of Antarctica.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Tripocyclia crassa Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
superfamilyActinommaceaHaeckel 1862
familyXiphostylidaeHaeckel 1881
genusTripocycliaHaeckel 1881
speciescrassa

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.

Tripocyclia crassa Kiessling 1999
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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 Middle Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 168.20000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Switzerland Tripocyclia crassa (66939)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Antarctica Tripocyclia crassa (46961)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Antarctica (Antarctic Peninsula) Tripocyclia crassa (9956 51836)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Antarctica Tripocyclia crassa (type locality: 46962 46964 46965 46966 46971 46972 51826 51827)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Antarctica Tripocyclia crassa (46969)