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Canoptum dixoni

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae

Taxonomy
Canoptum dixoni was named by Pessagno and Whalen (1982). Its type specimen is USNM 307204 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Canoptum dixoni Pessagno and Whalen
1982Canoptum dixoni Pessagno, Jr. and Whalen p. 124 figs. Pl. 2, figs. 1, 2, 8, 9, 14; Pl. 12, fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
RankNameAuthor
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyAmphipyndaceaRiedel 1967
familyParvicingulidaePessagno 1977
subfamilyWrangelliinae
genusCanoptum
speciesdixoni

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.

Canoptum dixoni Pessagno, Jr. and Whalen 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available