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Sontonaella concinna

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae

Discussion

Description: Test with narrow, long rays. Rays nearly equal in length

and width. One ray slightly shorter than other two and terminating in short bifurcate tip, the other two rays terminating in ellipsoidal tips. Test comprised of triangular and other irregular polygonal (tetragonal or pentagonal) pore frames. Pore frames relatively uniform

in size. Distal surface of tips flanking with several small spines.

Etymology: Concinnus-a-um (Latin, adj.) neat, elegant.

Taxonomy
Sontonaella concinna was named by Yeh (1987). Its type specimen is NMNS (000051) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Suplee-Izee area, OR-536J, which is in a Pliensbachian marine mudstone/limestone in the Nicely Formation of Oregon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Sontonaella concinna Yeh p. 45 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 16, 18

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyAngulobracchiidaeBaumgartner 1980
genusSontonaellaPessagno 1971
speciesconcinna

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.

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Diagnosis
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