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Capnuchosphaera colemani

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae

Taxonomy

Capnuchosphaera colemani was named by Blome (1983). Its type locality is OR-39 Morgan Mountain, Izee, which is in a Norian deep-water lime mudstone in the Rail Cabin Argillite Formation of Oregon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. carpathica, C. contracta, C. crassa, C. crassa, C. cylindrica, C. cylindrica, C. gracilispinosa, C. gracilispinosa, C. lea, C. mocki, C. neosagaris, C. norica, C. ottomanensis, C. ottomanensis, C. puncta, C. sagaris, C. silvienses, C. silviensis, C. theloides, C. theolides, C. theoloides, C. tortuosa

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1983	Capnuchosphaera colemani Blome

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Rank	Name	Author
—	Life
—	Eukaryota	()
class	Protozoa	Goldfuss 1820
subphylum	Sarcodina	Schmarda 1871
class	Reticularea	Lankester 1885

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Radiolaria	(Müller 1858)
order	Spumellaria	Ehrenberg 1875
family	Capnuchosphaeridae	De Wever 1979
genus	Capnuchosphaera	De Wever 1979
species	colemani

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.

†Capnuchosphaera colemani Blome 1983

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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 Tuvalian to the top of the Lacian or 233.60000 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections (39 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	Japan	Capnuchosphaera colemani (77125)
Carnian - Norian	237.0 - 205.7	Türkiye	Capnuchosphaera colemani (130141)
Tuvalian - Lacian	233.6 - 215.38	Türkiye	Capnuchosphaera colemani (130681 130689)
Lacian	227.3 - 215.38	Türkiye	Capnuchosphaera colemani (130686 130687 130691 130692 130693 130696 130697 130698 130700 130702 130704 130709)
Lacian - Alaunian	227.3 - 211.18	New Zealand	Capnuchosphaera colemani (53969)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	USA (Oregon)	Capnuchosphaera colemani (type locality: 95117 95118 95119 95120 95122 95124 95126 95127 95129 95130 95131 95132 95133 95134 95135 95136 95137 95138 95139 95140 96069 96116)