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Napora proba

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae

Discussion

Original description: Cephalis small, slightly perforate, covered by layer of microgranular silica, with small cephalocone at base of cephalis. Horn short, triradiate with three narrow ridges alternating with three wide grooves, node-like short spine extending out from each ridge at two thirds of horn. Thorax subtriangular in outline, comprised predominantly of pentagonal and hexagonal pore frames. Two well-developed transverse ridges on distal half of thorax. Feet long, massive, triradiate with three narrow ridges alternating with three wide grooves.

Original remarks: Napora proba, n. sp., differs from N. cerromesaensis Pessagno, Whalen, and Yeh by having a horn with rounded apical end.

Etymology: Probus-a-um (Latin, adj.) excellent.

Taxonomy
Napora proba was named by Yeh (1987). Its type specimen is NMNS (000133) 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
1987Napora proba Yeh p. 84 figs. Pl. 24, figs. 11-12, 15-16, 25

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyUltranaporidaePessagno 1977
genusNaporaPessagno 1977
speciesproba

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.

Napora proba Yeh 1987
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Diagnosis
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