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Minocapsa cylindrica

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Williriedellidae

Discussion

Original description: Shell of five segments, ovoidal. Cephalis spherical; thorax and abdomen truncate conical. The proximal three segments form a conical proximal part. The distal two segments form a cylindrical to ovoidal distal part. The last segment hemispherical without aperture. Segmental joints generally indistinct externally; joint between abdomen and fourth segment faintly marked by change in contour from the conical proximal part to the cylindrical to ovoidal distal part. Pores circular to subcircular, rather densely spaced and set in tetragonal to hexagonal pore frames. Pores on the distal part tend to be arranged longitudinally. Pores around distal end slightly larger than those on the rest of the shell; these pores surrounded by circular rims. Small nodes or spines situated at the pore frame vertices.

Original remarks: This species differs from Minocapsa globosa, n. sp. by consisting of five segments rather than four, by possessing a more slender distal part and by the pores of the distal part tending to be longitudinally arranged.

Etymology: The specific name comes from the Latin cylindricus-a-um (cylindrical).

Taxonomy
Minocapsa cylindrica was named by Matsuoka (1991). Its type specimen is NU MR 0039 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mino Terrane, Nanjo Massif, Imajo Unit, sample MNA-10, which is in a Toarcian basinal (siliceous) mudstone in Japan. It is the type species of Minocapsa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Minocapsa cylindrica Matsuoka p. 735 figs. 10-1a-5b

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyWilliriedellidaeDumitrica 1970
genusMinocapsa
speciescylindrica

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.

Minocapsa cylindrica Matsuoka 1991
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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 Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Middle Toarcian or 184.20000 to 180.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Japan Minocapsa cylindrica (51710 type locality: 124830)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Slovenia Minocapsa cylindrica (67146)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Japan Stichocapsa sp. B (76521)