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Eostichomitra

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae

Taxonomy

Eostichomitra was named by Empson-Morin (1981) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp]. Its type is Eostichomitra warzigita.

It was assigned to Eucyrtidiidae by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

E. warzigita (type species)

Species lacking formal opinion data

E. carnegiense

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1981	Eostichomitra Empson-Morin
2001	Eostichomitra De Wever et al. p. 278
2002	Eostichomitra Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
—	Life
—	Eukaryota	()
class	Protozoa	Goldfuss 1820
subphylum	Sarcodina	Schmarda 1871
class	Reticularea	Lankester 1885
subclass	Radiolaria	(Müller 1858)

Rank	Name	Author
superorder	Polycystina	(Ehrenberg 1838)
order	Nassellaria	Ehrenberg 1875
superfamily	Eucyrtidiacea	Ehrenberg 1847
family	Eucyrtidiidae	Ehrenberg 1847
genus	Eostichomitra

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. †Eostichomitra Empson-Morin 1981

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†Eostichomitra warzigita Empson-Morin 1981

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 Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 100.50000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (12 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Italy	E. bonum (77110 77292 77298 77299 77305)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Türkiye (Antalya)	E. bonum (95767)
Middle Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Canada (Nunavut)	E. sp. B, E. sp., E. carnegiense (165999)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Türkiye (Antalya)	E. bonum (95768)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Canada (Nunavut)	E. sp. B, E. carnegiense, E. sp., E. sp. A (166001)
Early/Lower Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Canada (Nunavut)	E. carnegiense (166002)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Canada (Nunavut)	E. carnegiense (166003)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	North Pacific	E. warzigita (95806)