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Gorgansium alpinum

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae

Taxonomy
Gorgansium alpinum was named by Kozur and Mostler (1990). Its type locality is Mt. Kirchstein, sample L1, which is in a Hettangian basinal (siliceous) limestone in the Kirchstein Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. blomei, G. gongyloideum, G. silviesensis, G. vallieri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Gorgansium alpinum Kozur and Mostler

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyPantanelliidaePessagno 1977
subfamilyPantanelliinaePessagno 1977
genusGorgansiumPessagno and Blome 1980
speciesalpinum

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.

†Gorgansium alpinum Kozur and Mostler 1990
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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 Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Türkiye Gorgansium alpinum (33670 33671 33672)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Germany (Bayern) Gorgansium alpinum (type locality: 94833)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Türkiye Gorgansium alpinum (33673 33674 33675 33676 33677 33678 33679 33680 33681 33682)