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Elphidium yumotoense

Elphidiidae

Taxonomy
Elphidium yumotoense was named by Asano (1949). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yumoto [Asagai Fm], which is in an Oligocene marine sandstone in the Asagai Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Elphidium yumotoense Asano p. 476 figs. fig. 1-7am b, 8a, b, 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyRotalioideaEhrenberg 1839
RankNameAuthor
familyElphidiidaeGalloway 1933
subfamilyElphidiinaeGalloway 1933
genusElphidiumMonfort 1808
speciesyumotoense

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.

Elphidium yumotoense Asano 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 0.1 to < 1.0g
Adult width: 0.1 to < 1.0g
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreg
Created: 2009-05-20 03:14:18
Modified: 2009-09-02 22:14:40
Source: g = genus, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Japan Elphidium yumotoense (type locality: 91371)