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Baumgartneria ambigua

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Oertlispongidae

Taxonomy
Baumgartneria ambigua was named by Dumitrica (1999). Its type specimen is No. 74366 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample I-623, Masirah Island, which is in a Fassanian deep-water horizon in Oman.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Baumgartneria ambigua Dumitrica p. 37 figs. Pl. 1, fig. 4-8, 10, 12

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilySponguraceaHaeckel 1862
familyOertlispongidaeKozur and Mostler 1980
genusBaumgartneriaDumitrica 1982
speciesambigua

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.

Baumgartneria ambigua Dumitrica 1999
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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 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0China Baumgartneria ambigua (130308 130309 130310)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Oman Baumgartneria ambigua (type locality: 130121)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Thailand Baumgartneria ambigua (130290 130291)