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Sethocapsidae

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Sethocapsidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Sethocapsidae Haeckel
1997Sethocapsidae Hull
1997Sethocapsidae Zügel

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

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.

Fm. †Sethocapsidae Haeckel 1881
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G. †Arcanicapsa Takemura 1986
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G. †Archicapsa Haeckel 1881
G. Gongylothorax Foreman 1968
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†Gongylothorax favosus Dumitrica 1970
†Gongylothorax siphonofer Dumitrica 1970
†Gongylothorax szeligoviensis Widz and De Wever 1993
G. Heliocryptocapsa Dumitrica 1970
G. Homoeoarchicorys Empson-Morin 1981
G. †Kilinora Hull 1997
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†Kilinora oblongula Kocher 1981
†Kilinora spiralis Matsuoka 1982
†Kilinora tecta Matsuoka 1983
G. †Plicaforacapsa O'Dogherty et al. 2006
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†Plicaforacapsa catenarum Matsuoka 1982
†Plicaforacapsa elegans Matsuoka 1991
G. Sethocapsa Haeckel 1881
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†Sethocapsa accincta Steiger 1992
†Sethocapsa cometa Pantanelli 1880
†Sethocapsa fabii Cortese 1993
†Sethocapsa hexagona Hori 1999
†Sethocapsa leiostraca Foreman 1973
†Sethocapsa nakaensis Sashida and Uematsu 1996
†Sethocapsa pytine Ruedemann and Wilson 1936
†Sethocapsa simplex Taketani 1982
†Sethocapsa sphaerica Ozvoldova 1988
†Sethocapsa taukhaensis Kemkin and Taketani 2004
†Sethocapsa trachyostraca Foreman 1973
†Sethocapsa uterculus Parona 1890
†Sethocapsa zinckeni Rüst 1885
†Sethocapsa zweilii Jud 1994
Invalid names: Sethocapsa obstipa Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium]
G. Stylocapsa Principi 1909
G. †Yaocapsa Kozur 1984
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†Yaocapsa macroporata Kozur 1984
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 Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 227.30000 to 66.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 215.38 Ma

Collections (311 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Cyprus Sethocapsa sp. (73854)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Japan Archicapsa sp. (52057)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Slovenia Plicaforacapsa elegans (67150)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Japan Gongylothorax sp. A, Archicapsa sp. C, Archicapsa sp. B, Archicapsa pachyderma, Arcanicapsa sphaerica, Arcanicapsa sp. A0 (51710) Sethocapsa sp., Archicapsa pachyderma, Stichocapsa elegans (124830)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan Archicapsa pachyderma (76522)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan Archicapsa pachyderma (120193 120194 120195 120196)
Early/Lower Aalenian - Middle Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan Sethocapsa sp. A0, Archicapsa sp. C, Archicapsa sp. B, Archicapsa pachyderma, Archicapsa sp. A, Arcanicapsa sp. A0, Arcanicapsa sp. B, Arcanicapsa sp. C, Arcanicapsa sp. H, Arcanicapsa sp. H2, Arcanicapsa sp. A (51711)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan (Kochi) Archicapsa pachyderma, Arcanicapsa sp. A, Arcanicapsa sp. H, Arcanicapsa sp. H2, Sethocapsa trachyostraca (66916)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Japan Gongylothorax oblongus, Archicapsa pachyderma, Arcanicapsa sp. A0, Arcanicapsa sp. J, Arcanicapsa sp. A (54166) Gongylothorax oblongus, Archicapsa pachyderma, Arcanicapsa sp. A0, Sethocapsa dorysphaeroides, Sethocapsa leiostraca (51712)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.7 - 168.2Indonesia (Sumatra) Archicapsa pachyderma (85473)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Japan Gongylothorax oblongus, Sethocapsa sp. B, Sethocapsa sp. B0, Archicapsa sp. C, Archicapsa pachyderma, Archicapsa sp. A, Archicapsa sp. C0, Arcanicapsa sp. A0, Arcanicapsa sp. D, Arcanicapsa sp. E, Arcanicapsa sp. F, Gongylothorax siphonofer, Sethocapsa leiostraca (51713) Sethocapsa sp. (76518)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Archicapsa sp. (92800)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Hungary Yaocapsa macroporata (96198)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Russian Federation Sethocapsa sp. (51603)
Bajocian - Late/Upper Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Greece Yaocapsa kisoensis (142126)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3Russian Federation Archicapsa pachyderma (51300)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Japan Sethocapsa sp. A, Sethocapsa sp. A0, Sethocapsa sp. B, Sethocapsa sp. B0, Sethocapsa sp. D, Sethocapsa sp. C, Archicapsa sp. B, Archicapsa pachyderma, Archicapsa sp. A, Archicapsa sp. D, Archicapsa sp. E, Arcanicapsa sp. A0, Arcanicapsa sp. A, Arcanicapsa sp. I, Arcanicapsa sp. J, Arcanicapsa sp. K, Sethocapsa dorysphaeroides, Sethocapsa leiostraca (51714)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian168.6 - 165.3Albania Sethocapsa kodrai (51306 51352 51353)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian168.6 - 165.3Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Archicapsa pachyderma (92804)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Middle Bathonian168.6 - 165.3Japan Archicapsa sp. (76520)