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Thurstonia minutaglobus

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae

Taxonomy
Thurstonia minutaglobus was named by Carter et al. (1998). Its type locality is S8-5-QC-574 Kunga Island, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian basinal (siliciclastic) limestone/siltstone in the Sandilands Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Thurstonia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Thurstonia minutaglobus Carter et al.

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyAngulobracchiidaeBaumgartner 1980
genusThurstonia
speciesminutaglobus

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.

Thurstonia minutaglobus 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 Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) Thurstonia minutaglobus (94290)
Early/Lower Hettangian - Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) Thurstonia minutaglobus (94280 94392 94395 94396 94397 94398)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) Thurstonia minutaglobus (34140 34142 34144 94291 94292 94293 94294 94295 94296 94298 94299 94375 94376 94399 94400)
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) Thurstonia minutaglobus (94282 94284 94285 94287 94288)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Thurstonia minutaglobus (34147)
Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Peru (Amazonas) Thurstonia minutaglobus (94849)
Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Thurstonia minutaglobus (34146 94300 94301 94302 94377 type locality: 94378)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Thurstonia minutaglobus (94305 94306 94379)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Thurstonia minutaglobus (94360 94385 94386 94413)