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Empirea

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Quinquecapsulariidae

Taxonomy
Empirea was named by Carter et al. (1998). Its type is Empirea hasta.

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

Species
E. hasta (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Empirea Carter et al.
2001Empirea De Wever et al. p. 201

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familyQuinquecapsulariidaeDumitrica 1995
genusEmpirea

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. †Empirea Carter et al. 1998
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†Empirea hasta Carter et al. 1998
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 Hettangian to the top of the Early/Lower Bathonian or 201.30000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) E. sp. A (94290)
Early/Lower Hettangian - Middle Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) E. hasta (94395)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) E. hasta (94293 94294 94295 94297 94298 94374 94375) E. sp. A (94296) E. sp. A, E. hasta (94376)
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) E. hasta (94283 94288) E. sp. A, E. hasta (94285)
Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.3 - 189.6Canada (British Columbia) E. hasta (94300 94301)
Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.3 - 189.6Peru (Amazonas) E. sp. A, E. sp. B (94849)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Canada (British Columbia) E. hasta (94383)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Japan E. sp. (124830)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7USA (Oregon) E. sp. A (94149)