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Archaeodictyomitra primigena

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae

Taxonomy

Archaeodictyomitra primigena was named by Pessagno and Whalen (1982). Its type specimen is USNM 307180 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. apiara, A. broweri, A. chalilovi, A. conica, A. crassispina, A. crebrisulcata, A. curta, A. directiporata, A. elegans, A. elliptica, A. excelsa, A. gifuensis, A. gracilis, A. inornata, A. lamellicostata, A. longovata, A. mitra, A. montisserei, A. oleadita, A. patricki, A. primagena, A. prisca, A. pseudomulticostata, A. regina, A. simplex, A. siplex, A. sliteri, A. speciosa, A. spelae, A. squinaboli, A. triplum, A. tumandae, A. turritum, A. veneta, A. wangi, A. whalenae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1982	Archaeodictyomitra primigena Pessagno, Jr. and Whalen p. 116 figs. Pl. 10, figs. 9, 17; pl. 13, fig. 4

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Rank	Name	Author
—	Life
—	Eukaryota	()
class	Protozoa	Goldfuss 1820
subphylum	Sarcodina	Schmarda 1871
class	Reticularea	Lankester 1885
subclass	Radiolaria	(Müller 1858)

Rank	Name	Author
superorder	Polycystina	(Ehrenberg 1838)
order	Nassellaria	Ehrenberg 1875
superfamily	Archaeodictyomitracea	Pessagno 1976
family	Archaeodictyomitridae	Pessagno 1976
genus	Archaeodictyomitra	Pessagno 1977
species	primigena

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.

†Archaeodictyomitra primigena Pessagno, Jr. and Whalen 1982

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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 Bathonian to the top of the Middle Callovian or 168.20000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian - Middle Callovian	168.6 - 161.5	Greece	Archaeodictyomitra primigena (47833)
Late/Upper Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	USA (Oregon)	Archaeodictyomitra primigena (127253 127255 127256)
Middle Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Greece	Archaeodictyomitra primigena (47844)
Middle Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Switzerland	Archaeodictyomitra primigena (66939)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian	168.2 - 161.5	Slovakia	Archaeodictyomitra primigena (53797 53799)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian	165.3 - 154.8	Germany (Bavaria)	Archaeodictyomitra primigena (66991)