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Mesosaturnalis

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae

Taxonomy
Mesosaturnalis was named by Kozur and Mostler (1981) [emend. De Wever, 1984].

It was assigned to Saturnalidae by Carter et al. (1988).

Species
M. acuminatus, M. artus, M. furcatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. septispinus, M. yaoi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Mesosaturnalis Kozur and Mostler
1988Mesosaturnalis Carter et al. p. 47

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familySaturnalidaeDeflandre 1953
genusMesosaturnalisKozur and Mostler 1981

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. †Mesosaturnalis Kozur and Mostler 1981
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†Mesosaturnalis artus Donofrio and Mostler 1978
†Mesosaturnalis furcatus Bragin 2007
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 Alaunian to the top of the Turonian or 215.56000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Cyprus M. furcatus (94796)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Greece M. sp. (142136)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Cyprus M. furcatus (94794)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6China (Heilongjiang) M. yaoi, M. artus (96058)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Canada (British Columbia) M. acuminatus (54199 54200 54201 54202 54203 97492) M. sp. A (94741) M. sp. A, M. acuminatus (94763) M. sp. A, M. sp. B (94736) M. sp. B (94714 94753)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3China (Heilongjiang) M. yaoi, M. artus (96059)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) M. acuminatus (54206 94279)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5Austria M. artus (227858)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Canada (British Columbia) M. artus (94343 94345 94346 94347 94350 94351 94352 94355 94357 94360 94363 94364 94382 94384 94386 94413 94421)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Canada (British Columbia) M. septispinus (71096)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian171.6 - 164.7Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) M. sp. (92803 92805)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) M. sp. (92801)
Late/Upper Albian - Turonian105.3 - 89.8Turkey M. horridus (130989)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Turkey (Antalya) M. venetus, M. tympanum (95767)