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Tetratrabs izeensis

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae

Discussion

Description: Test as with genus, medium to large in size; central area moderately large, cortical shell with extremely large tetragonal, pentagonal, or hexagonal pore frames without nodes at vertices. Rays

wide, medium in length, tapering with short massive triradiate spines. Each ray with six rows of widely spaced external beams visible laterally. Well-preserved specimens with short bars connecting two contiguous external beams and forming large rectangular pore frames above two rows of smaller polygonal pore frames.

Remarks: Tetratrabs izeensis,n. sp., is compared with T imlayi, n. sp., under the latter species.

Taxonomy
Tetratrabs izeensis was named by Yeh (1987). Its type specimen is NMNS (000029) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Suplee-Izee area, OR-589D, which is in a Toarcian marine mudstone/limestone in the Snowshoe Formation of Oregon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Tetratrabs izeensis Yeh

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyHagiastridaeRiedel 1971
genusTetratrabsBaumgartner 1980
speciesizeensis

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.

Tetratrabs izeensis Yeh 1987
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Diagnosis
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