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Pseudoristola faceta

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae

Discussion

Original description: Test subcylindrical, usually with five post-abdominal chambers. Cephalis conical, thorax and subsequent chambers trapezoidal in outline. Earlier chambers sparsely perforate, covered with layer of microgranular silica. Post abdominal chambers consisting of one thick layer of regularly arranged pentagonal and hexagonal pore frames with three transverse rows in each chamber. Pore Frames slightly increasing in size distally. Test with H-link pattern along joints, without well-developed circumferential ridges. Final post-abdominal chamber terminating in large, inflated, spherical expansion.

Taxonomy
Pseudoristola faceta was named by Yeh (1987). Its type specimen is NMNS (000151) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Suplee-Izee area, OR-600M, which is in a Toarcian marine tuff/limestone in the Hyde Formation of Oregon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Pseudoristola faceta Yeh p. 95 figs. Pl. 14, figs. 6, 22, 25

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

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
No diagnoses are available