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Cristellaria vacavillensis

Taxonomy
Cristellaria vacavillensis was named by Hanna (1923). Its type specimen is UCMP 30694 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. cassiana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Cristellaria vacavillensis Hanna p. 324 figs. Plate 59, figures 4a, 4b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
genusCristellariaLamarck 1816
speciesvacavillensis

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
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-28 00:47:02
Modified: 2009-05-20 05:31:44
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Cristellaria vacavillensis (type locality: 201621)