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Tricornicyrtium dikmetasensis

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae

Taxonomy
Tricornicyrtium dikmetasensis was named by Tekin (1999). Its type specimen is Pl. 31, fig. 8 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 98-UKT-19, Dikmetas measured section, Cataltepe Nappe, which is in a Rhaetian basinal (carbonate) limestone in the Kayabuku Formation of Turkey. It is the type species of Tricornicyrtium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Tricornicyrtium dikmetasensis Tekin p. 144 figs. Pl. 31, figs. 8-10

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyDeflandrecyrtiidaeKozur and Mostler 1979
genusTricornicyrtium
speciesdikmetasensis

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: Rhaetian or 208.50000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Turkey Tricornicyrtium dikmetasensis (130665 130669 130671 130672 130673 130674 type locality: 130675 130676 130677)