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Cryptostephanidium goncuoglui

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae

Taxonomy
Cryptostephanidium goncuoglui was named by Tekin (1999). Its type specimen is Pl. 24, fig. 7 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 96-UKT-530, Sugozu Measured Section I, Alakircay Nappe, which is in a Longobardian marine chert/mudstone in the Sapadere Formation of Turkey.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. megaspinosum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Cryptostephanidium goncuoglui Tekin p. 126 figs. Pl. 24, figs. 7-8

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familyEptingiidaeDumitrica 1978
genusCryptostephanidiumDumitrica 1978
speciesgoncuoglui

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicap
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: omnivorep
Created: 2005-01-28 01:13:47
Modified: 2005-01-28 03:13:47
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 1999

Age range: Longobardian or 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Turkey Cryptostephanidium goncuoglui (130610 130612 130613 type locality: 130614 130615 130616 130617 130618)