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Becus

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pseudoaulophacidae

Taxonomy
Becus was named by Wu (1986).

It was assigned to Pseudoaulophacidae by De Wever et al. (2001).

Species lacking formal opinion data
B. gemmatus, B. helenae, B. horridus, B. regius, B. triangulocentrum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Becus Wu
2001Becus De Wever et al. p. 146

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyPseudoaulophacidaeRiedel 1967
genusBecusWu 1986

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. †Becus Wu 1986
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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 Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 149.20000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) B. horridus, B. gemmatus, B. sp. A, B. sp. B (83083)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Berriasian145.06 - 137.05Oman B. triangulocentrum (125364)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Philippines B. sp. 1 (51153)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Oman B. triangulocentrum (125310)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Oman B. triangulocentrum (125355)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Oman B. triangulocentrum (125291)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Oman B. triangulocentrum (125356)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Albania B. helenae (78669)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Italy B. helenae (76511) B. helenae, B. gemmatus (77109)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Italy B. gemmatus (76513) B. horridus (77108)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Italy B. gemmatus (76512) B. horridus, B. regius (77178 77255)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy B. horridus, B. regius (78741 78742)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy B. horridus (77273) B. horridus, B. regius (77274)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy B. horridus (77110) B. horridus, B. regius (77177) B. regius (76493 77370 77375)