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Tetracapsa
Taxonomy
Tetracapsa was named by Haeckel (1881) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo J Tith]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Theoperidae by Kiessling (1999); and to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Theoperidae by Kiessling (1999); and to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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. †Tetracapsa Haeckel 1881
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†Tetracapsa horokanaiensis Kawabata 1988
†Tetracapsa molengraaffi Tan Sin Hok 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Berriasian or 152.21000 to 141.00000 Ma
Collections (34 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Antarctica | T. cometa (46960) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | USA (California) | Minocapsa horokanaiensis (50742) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) | Sethocapsa horokanaiensis (92736) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Antarctica (Antarctic Peninsula) | Tetracapasa molengraaffi (51836) T. horokanaiensis, T. molengraaffi (9956) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Antarctica | T. cometa (46972) T. horokanaiensis, T. molengraaffi (46962 46965 46967 46971) T. molengraaffi (46963 46964) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bavaria) | T. horokanaiensis (83083) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) | Sethocapsa horokanaiensis (92744 92745 92746) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | USA (California) | Minocapsa horokanaiensis (50741 50743 50749 50750 50751) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian | Antarctica | T. cometa, T. molengraaffi (46969) T. molengraaffi (46968) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian | Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) | Sethocapsa horokanaiensis (92750 92791 92792) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian | Japan | Sethocapsa horokanaiensis (131582 131592 131593 131596 131597) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian | USA (California) | Minocapsa horokanaiensis (50746 50753) | |
| Early/Lower Berriasian | Antarctica | T. cometa (46970) |