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Fontinella

Protozoa - Spumellaria

Taxonomy
Fontinella was named by Carter (1993). Its type is Fontinella louisensis.

It was assigned to Spumellaria by Carter et al. (1998).

Species
F. clara, F. habros, F. inflata, F. louisensis (type species), F. primitiva
Species lacking formal opinion data
F. loisensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Fontinella Carter
1998Fontinella Carter et al.

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
RankNameAuthor
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
genusFontinella

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. †Fontinella Carter 1993
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†Fontinella clara Carter 1993
†Fontinella habros Carter 1993
†Fontinella inflata Carter 1993
†Fontinella louisensis Carter 1993
†Fontinella primitiva Carter 1993
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 Norian to the top of the Late/Upper Hettangian or 228.00000 to 196.50000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Canada (British Columbia) F. habros, F. louisensis, F. inflata, F. primitiva (94695)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Turkey F. loisensis (130667 130670 130673 130674 130675 130676) F. loisensis, F. habros (130668 130669) F. loisensis, F. inflata (130671)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Canada (British Columbia) F. clara (94713) F. habros, F. clara, F. inflata (94717 94722 94754) F. habros, F. inflata (94704 94731 94733 94748 94749 94756 94763) F. habros, F. louisensis (94728) F. habros, F. louisensis, F. clara, F. inflata (94747 94753 94758 94759 94760) F. habros, F. louisensis, F. inflata (94734 94736 94737 94738 94740 94741 94742 94743 94745 94750 94751 94755 94762 94764) F. habros, F. louisensis, F. inflata, F. primitiva (94702 94726 94729) F. inflata (94707 94761) F. louisensis (94703 94706 94714 94724 94735) F. louisensis, F. inflata (94709) F. louisensis, F. primitiva (94732) F. primitiva (94701 94727)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Canada (British Columbia) F. habros (94294)