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Xiphotheca pseudolonga

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Ruesticyrtiidae

Taxonomy
Xiphotheca pseudolonga was named by Tekin (1999). Its type specimen is Pl. 42, fig. 8 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 98-UKT-61, Yaylakuzdere measured section II, Alakircay Nappe, which is in a Lacian basinal (carbonate) limestone in the Gokdere Formation of Turkey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Xiphotheca pseudolonga Tekin p. 174 figs. Pl. 42, figs. 8-11

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyRuesticyrtiidaeKozur and Mostler 1979
genusXiphothecaDe Wever 1979
speciespseudolonga

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Xiphotheca pseudolonga Tekin 1999
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Diagnosis
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