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Canoptum pessagnoi

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae

Taxonomy
Canoptum pessagnoi was named by Wenchen and Ning (2000). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is (ZT2 52)?, Radiolarian-bearing muddy cherts, Ziyun, Guizhou, which is in a Triassic basinal (siliceous) chert in the Xinyuan Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Canoptum pessagnoi Wenchen and Ning p. 80 figs. Pl. 2, figs. 12,13

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

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.

Canoptum pessagnoi Wenchen and Ning 2000
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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 Triassic to the top of the Early/Lower Pliensbachian or 246.70000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0China Canoptum pessagnoi (type locality: 131101)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Mexico Canoptum sp. A (131157 131164)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Japan Canoptum pessagnoi (52057)