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Palaeoscenidium cladophorum

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Palaeoscenidiidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoscenidium cladophorum was named by Deflandre (1953). It is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Palaeoscenidium cladophorum Deflandre p. 408 figs. fig. 308
1983Palaeoscenidium cladophorum Nazarov and Ormiston
1993Palaeoscenidium cladophorum Aitchison
2003Palaeoscenidium cladophorum Wang et al. p. 142

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familyPalaeoscenidiidaeRiedel 1967
genusPalaeoscenidiumDeflandre 1953
speciescladophorumDeflandre 1953

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.

Palaeoscenidium cladophorum Deflandre 1953
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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: base of the Early/Lower Frasnian to the top of the Tournaisian or 383.70000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) Palaeoscenidium cladophorum (90992)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Australia (Western Australia) Palaeoscenidium cladophorum (233596)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Australia (Western Australia) Palaeoscenidium cladophorum (233600)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Australia (Queensland) Palaeoscenidium cladophorum (90993)
Late/Upper Devonian382.7 - 358.9USA (Ohio) Palaeoscenidium cladophorum (142358 142361 142363)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1China (Guizhou) Palaeoscenidium cladophorum (90909)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1China (Yunnan) Palaeoscenidium cladophorum (90906)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Germany Palaeoscenidium cladophorum (91000)