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Eptingium aljilense

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae

Taxonomy
Eptingium aljilense was named by Dumitrica et al. (2010). Its type locality is Al Jil, which is in a Longobardian basinal (siliceous) chert in the Zulla Formation of Oman.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. japonicum, E. manfredi, E. manfredi, E. oneismos

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Eptingium aljilense Dumitrica 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
familyEptingiidaeDumitrica 1978
genusEptingiumDumitrica 1978
speciesaljilense

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.

†Eptingium aljilense Dumitrica et al. 2010
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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: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Oman Eptingium aljilense (type locality: 96086)