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Amuria macfarlanei

Protozoa - Xiphostylidae

Taxonomy
Amuria macfarlanei was named by Carter et al. (1998). Its type locality is S3-17-87-CNA-KUD-14, Kunga Island, which is in a Sinemurian basinal (siliciclastic) limestone/siltstone in the Sandilands Formation of Canada.

Entered
by U. Merkel (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2010-02-22

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Amuria macfarlanei Carter et al.

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
superfamilyActinommaceaHaeckel 1862
familyXiphostylidaeHaeckel 1881
genusAmuriaWhalen and Carter 1998
speciesmacfarlanei

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.

Amuria macfarlanei 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 Late/Upper Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) Amuria macfarlanei (34142 34144 94400)
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) Amuria macfarlanei (94288)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Amuria macfarlanei (34147)
Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Amuria macfarlanei (94300 94301 94303 94378)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Amuria macfarlanei (type locality: 94305)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Amuria macfarlanei (94345 94346 94347 94350 94351 94352 94355 94356 94357 94358 94360 94382 94413 94417)