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Charlottea amurensis

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae

Taxonomy
Charlottea amurensis was named by Carter et al. (1998). Its type locality is S8-12-QC-676 Kunga Island, which is in a Sinemurian basinal (siliciclastic) limestone/siltstone in the Sandilands Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Charlottea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Charlottea amurensis Carter et al.

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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
speciesamurensis

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 amurensis 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 Late/Upper Hettangian to the top of the Early/Lower Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) Charlottea amurensis (34144)
Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Peru (Amazonas) Charlottea amurensis (94849)
Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Charlottea amurensis (34146 94401)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Charlottea amurensis (94342 94343 94344 94345 94346 94347 94349 94350 94351 94352 94353 94355 94356 94357 94358 94360 94361 94362 94363 94364 94382 94383 94384 type locality: 94385 94386 94413 94423)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Türkiye Charlottea amurensis (33674 33675 33676 33677 33678 33679 33680 33681 33682)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Charlottea amurensis (119700)