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Cornutella

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Acropyramididae

Taxonomy
Cornutella was named by Ehrenberg (1838) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr R]. It is extant. Its type is Cornutella clathrata.

It was assigned to Acropyramididae by De Wever et al. (2001); to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Theoperidae by Sharma and Takahashi (2007).

Species
C. californica, C. clathrata (type species), C. cretacea
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. paloverdensis, C. tella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Cornutella Ehrenberg
2001Cornutella De Wever et al. p. 246
2002Cornutella Sepkoski
2007Cornutella Sharma and Takahashi p. 822

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyAcropyramididaeHaeckel 1881
genusCornutellaEhrenberg 1838

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.

G. Cornutella Ehrenberg 1838
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†Cornutella californica Campbell and Clark 1944
Cornutella clathrata Ehrenberg 1838
†Cornutella cretacea Taketani 1982
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lacian to the top of the Langhian or 227.30000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 211.18 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian - Alaunian227.3 - 211.18New Zealand C. sp. (53969)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Japan C. sp. (124830)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan C. riedeli (51712)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Japan C. riedeli (51713)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Japan C. riedeli (51714)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5USA (California) C. sp. (51657)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) C. tella (51152)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Antarctica C. sp. A (46972)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Philippines C. sp. C (47170)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Antarctica C. sp. A, C. sp. B (46968 46969)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8Japan (Hokkaido) C. californica, C. cretacea (96026)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Japan (Hokkaido) C. californica (96030 96033) C. californica, C. californica (96032) C. californica, C. californica, C. cretacea (96027 96029) C. californica, C. cretacea (96028)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan (Hokkaido) C. californica (95788 96038 96039 96042) C. californica, C. californica (96040) C. californica, C. californica, C. cretacea (96037) C. californica, C. cretacea (96036 96041)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan (Hokkaido) C. californica (96043 96045 96046)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan (Hokkaido) C. californica (95789)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2New Zealand C. californica (95819)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan (Hokkaido) C. californica (95790)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Japan (Hokkaido) C. californica (95791)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0New Zealand (Marlborough) C. californica (95845 95846 95847 95849 95884 95885 95886 95887 95888)
Danian66.0 - 61.66New Zealand (Marlborough) C. californica (95858 95859 95866 95875 95877 95878 95879 95880 95881 95882 95883 95890 95891 95892 95893 95894 95895 95896 95897 95900 95901 95903 95904 95905 95906 95907 95908)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24New Zealand (Marlborough) C. californica (95909 95910)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Japan C. profunda (236002)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ecuador C. paloverdensis (90851)