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Canoptum pessagnoi

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae

Taxonomy
Canoptum pessagnoi was named by Wenchen and Ning (2000). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is (ZT2 52)?, Radiolarian-bearing muddy cherts, Ziyun, Guizhou, which is in a Triassic basinal (siliceous) chert in the Xinyuan Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. annulatum, C. farawayensis, C. rugosum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Canoptum pessagnoi Wenchen and Ning p. 80 figs. Pl. 2, figs. 12,13

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
RankNameAuthor
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyAmphipyndaceaRiedel 1967
familyParvicingulidaePessagno 1977
subfamilyWrangelliinae
genusCanoptum
speciespessagnoi

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.

†Canoptum pessagnoi Wenchen and Ning 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available