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Velicucullus

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Sethophormididae

Taxonomy
Velicucullus was named by Riedel and Campbell (1952) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo].

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Velicucullus Riedel and Campbell
2001Velicucullus De Wever et al. p. 236
2002Velicucullus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyAcanthodesmiaceaHertwig 1879
familySethophormididaeHaeckel 1881
genusVelicucullusRiedel and Campbell 1952

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. †Velicucullus Riedel and Campbell 1952
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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: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Southern Ocean V. oddgurneri (247624 247628 258880 258881 259940 259942 259943)