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Rolumbus hilarus

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Hilarisiregidae

Discussion

Original description: Cephalis large, hemispherical, imperforate, covered with layer of microgranular silica. Two horns widely displaced, thin to medium in thickness, short, triradiate in axial section with three narrow grooves alternating with three medium width ridges. Thorax large, ellipsoidal to subhemispherical in outline. Mesh work of thorax double-layered with small triangular or tetragonal pore frames superimposed by large circular pore frames. Four feet relatively massive, elongate, originating from upper portion of thorax. Feet triradiate in axial section with three narrow ridges alternating with three wide grooves. Aperture large, subcircular in outline.

Original remarks: Rolumbus hilarus, n. sp., can be distinguished from other Rolumbus spp. in this report by having a thorax with a double-layered test wall, and by having short horns which are widely displaced.

Etymology: Hilarus-a-um (Latin, adj.) cheerful.

Taxonomy
Rolumbus hilarus was named by Yeh (1987). Its type specimen is NMNS (000117) 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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Rolumbus hilarus Yeh p. 77 figs. Pl. 25, figs. 8, 10, 19

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyHilarisiregidaeTakemura and Nakaseko 1982
genusRolumbusTakemura and Nakaseko 1982
specieshilarus

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.

Rolumbus hilarus Yeh 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available