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Elodium wilsonense

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae

Taxonomy
Crubus wilsonensis was named by Carter et al. (1988). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC loc. C-080579, Maude Island, which is in a Toarcian offshore shale in the Whiteaves Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Elodium wilsonense by Yeh and Cheng (1996), Gorican et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Crubus wilsonensis Carter p. 53 figs. Pl. 5, fig. 12.
1988Crubus wilsonensis Carter et al. p. 53 figs. Pl. 5, fig. 12.
1996Elodium wilsonense Yeh and Cheng
2006Elodium wilsonense Gorican et al. p. 336

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyAmphipyndaceaRiedel 1967
familyParvicingulidaePessagno 1977
genusElodium
specieswilsonense()

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.

Elodium wilsonense Carter et al. 1988
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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 Middle Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Bajocian or 182.90000 to 168.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Armenia Crubus wilsonensis (58580)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Canada (British Columbia) Crubus wilsonensis (type locality: 71084)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Canada (British Columbia) Crubus wilsonensis (71123)