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Mesosaturnalis artus

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae

Taxonomy
Palaeosaturnalis artus was named by Donofrio and Mostler (1978).

It was recombined as Mesosaturnalis artus by Carter et al. (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Palaeosaturnalis artus Donofrio and Mostler
1998Mesosaturnalis artus 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
familySaturnalidaeDeflandre 1953
genusMesosaturnalisKozur and Mostler 1981
speciesartus(Donofrio and Mostler 1978)

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.

Mesosaturnalis artus Donofrio and Mostler 1978
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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 Sevatian to the top of the Late/Upper Sinemurian or 211.18000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7China (Heilongjiang) Mesosaturnalis artus (96058)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5China (Heilongjiang) Mesosaturnalis artus (96059)
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5Austria Mesosaturnalis artus (227858)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Mesosaturnalis artus (94343 94345 94346 94347 94350 94351 94352 94355 94357 94360 94363 94364 94382 94384 94386 94413 94421)