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Dorcadospyris mahurangi

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Triospyrididae

Taxonomy
Dorcadospyris mahurangi was named by O'Conner (1994). Its type specimen is R36, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Q08/f555, Matakohe Quarry [Mahurangi Limestone], which is in an Oligocene marine limestone in the Mahurangi Limestone Formation of New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. confluens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Dorcadospyris mahurangi O'Conner p. 338 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyAcanthodesmiaceaHertwig 1879
familyTriospyrididaeHaeckel 1881
genusDorcadospyrisHaeckel 1881
speciesmahurangi

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.

†Dorcadospyris mahurangi O'Conner 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available