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Perispyridium oregonense

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae

Taxonomy
Protoperispyridium oregonense was named by Yeh (1987). Its type specimen is NMNS (000145) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Suplee-Izee area, OR-600M, which is in a Toarcian marine tuff/limestone in the Hyde Formation of Oregon.

It was recombined as Perispyridium oregonense by Gorican et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Protoperispyridium oregonense Yeh p. 91 figs. Pl. 13, figs. 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24
2006Perispyridium oregonense Gorican et al. p. 314

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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
genusPerispyridiumDumitrica 1978
speciesoregonense()

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.

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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 Late/Upper Pliensbachian to the top of the Early/Lower Toarcian or 192.90000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Perispyridium oregonense (119714 119716 119767 119768 119770 119773 119774 119800 119808)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2USA (Oregon) Protoperispyridium oregonense (124323 124324)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Perispyridium oregonense (119711 119776)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9USA (Oregon) Protoperispyridium oregonense (124328 124329 type locality: 124331) Protoperispyridium oregonense, Protoperispyridium sp. D (124334)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Slovenia Perispyridium oregonense (67150)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Japan Perispyridium sp. E0 (51710)