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Helvetocapsa prealpina

Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Williriedellidae

Taxonomy
Helvetocapsa prealpina was named by O'Dogherty et al. (2006). Its type specimen is LO16895. Its type locality is VS 3, Vorderi Schneit outcrop, Perrières series, Gets Nappe, Alps, which is in a Bathonian basinal (siliciclastic) chert in Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Helvetocapsa prealpina O'Dogherty et al. p. 452 figs. Pl. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
superphylumRetariaCavalier-Smith 1999
phylumRadiozoa
superclassPolycystinia
RankNameAuthor
classPolycystinea
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyWilliriedellidaeDumitrica 1970
genusHelvetocapsa
speciesprealpina

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.

†Helvetocapsa prealpina O'Dogherty et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Middle Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Switzerland Helvetocapsa prealpina (type locality: 66939)