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Xitus mosquensis

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Xitidae

Taxonomy
Xitus mosquensis was named by Vishnevskaya and De Wever (1998). Its type locality is Moscow Basin, borehole 112, sample 5, which is in a Turonian basinal (siliceous) chert/claystone in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Xitus mosquensis Vishnevskaya and De Wever

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyEucyrtidiaceaEhrenberg 1847
familyXitidaePessagno 1977
genusXitusPessagno 1977
speciesmosquensis

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.

†Xitus mosquensis Vishnevskaya and De Wever 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: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Russian Federation (Moskovskaya Oblast) Xitus mosquensis (type locality: 95912)