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Pseudoristola megaglobosa

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae

Discussion

Original description: Test conical, without horn, with five to six post-abdominal chambers. Cephalis conical, remaining chambers trapezoidal in outline and gradually increasing in width as added. Earlier chambers closely spaced, sparsely perforate, covered with layer of microgranular silica. Post-abdominal chamber consisting of two to three rows of polygonal pore frames in each chamber. Final post abdominal chamber terminating in largesubspherical expansion. Pore frames subregular, slightly variable in size, with largest pore frames on bulbous expansion. Test without prominent circumferential ridges, with H-linked pattern along joints.

Etymology: Megaglobosa: mega (large) globosus-a-um (spherical).

Taxonomy
Pseudoristola megaglobosa was named by Yeh (1987). Its type specimen is NMNS (000153) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Suplee-Izee area, OR-600A, which is in a Toarcian marine tuff/limestone in the Hyde Formation of Oregon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Pseudoristola megaglobosa Yeh p. 96 figs. Pl. 14, fig. 13, Pl. 23, figs. 17, 22

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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
speciesmegaglobosa

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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