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Ceratoikiscum vimenum

Protozoa - Albaillellaria - Ceratoikiscidae

Taxonomy
Ceratoikiscum vimenum was named by Nazarov and Ormiston (1983). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 360216, a test. Its type locality is Long's Well Locality GI/G, which is in a Frasnian carbonate limestone in the Gogo Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Ceratoikiscum vimenum Nazarov and Ormiston

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderAlbaillellariaDeflandre 1953
familyCeratoikiscidaeHoldsworth 1969
genusCeratoikiscumDeflandre 1953
speciesvimenum

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.

†Ceratoikiscum vimenum Nazarov and Ormiston 1983
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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: Frasnian or 382.31000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Ceratoikiscum vimenum (type locality: 233600)