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Sethocapsidae

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Sethocapsidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Sethocapsidae Haeckel
1997Sethocapsidae Hull
1997Sethocapsidae Zügel

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familySethocapsidaeHaeckel 1881
familySethocapsidaeHaeckel 1881

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.

Fm. †Sethocapsidae Haeckel 1881
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G. †Arcanicapsa Takemura 1986
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G. †Archicapsa Haeckel 1881
G. Gongylothorax Foreman 1968
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Gongylothorax favosus Dumitrica 1970
Gongylothorax siphonofer Dumitrica 1970
Gongylothorax szeligoviensis Widz and De Wever 1993
G. Heliocryptocapsa Dumitrica 1970
G. Homoeoarchicorys Empson-Morin 1981
G. †Kilinora Hull 1997
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Kilinora oblongula Kocher 1981
Kilinora spiralis Matsuoka 1982
Kilinora tecta Matsuoka 1983
G. †Plicaforacapsa O'Dogherty et al. 2006
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Plicaforacapsa catenarum Matsuoka 1982
Plicaforacapsa elegans Matsuoka 1991
G. Sethocapsa Haeckel 1881
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Sethocapsa accincta Steiger 1992
Sethocapsa cometa Pantanelli 1880
Sethocapsa fabii Cortese 1993
Sethocapsa hexagona Hori 1999
Sethocapsa leiostraca Foreman 1973
Sethocapsa nakaensis Sashida and Uematsu 1996
Sethocapsa pytine Ruedemann and Wilson 1936
Sethocapsa simplex Taketani 1982
Sethocapsa sphaerica Ozvoldova 1988
Sethocapsa taukhaensis Kemkin and Taketani 2004
Sethocapsa trachyostraca Foreman 1973
Sethocapsa uterculus Parona 1890
Sethocapsa zinckeni Rüst 1885
Sethocapsa zweilii Jud 1994
Invalid names: Sethocapsa obstipa Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium]
G. Stylocapsa Principi 1909
G. †Yaocapsa Kozur 1984
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Yaocapsa macroporata Kozur 1984
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lacian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 221.50000 to 66.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 215.56 Ma

Collections (311 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Cyprus Sethocapsa sp. (73854)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Japan Archicapsa sp. (52057)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Slovenia Plicaforacapsa elegans (67150)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Japan Gongylothorax sp. A, Archicapsa sp. C, Archicapsa sp. B, Archicapsa pachyderma, Arcanicapsa sphaerica, Arcanicapsa sp. A0 (51710) Sethocapsa sp., Archicapsa pachyderma, Stichocapsa elegans (124830)
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Japan Archicapsa pachyderma (120193 120194 120195 120196)
Early/Lower Aalenian - Middle Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Japan Sethocapsa sp. A0, Archicapsa sp. C, Archicapsa sp. B, Archicapsa pachyderma, Archicapsa sp. A, Arcanicapsa sp. A0, Arcanicapsa sp. B, Arcanicapsa sp. C, Arcanicapsa sp. H, Arcanicapsa sp. H2, Arcanicapsa sp. A (51711)
Late/Upper Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Japan Gongylothorax oblongus, Archicapsa pachyderma, Arcanicapsa sp. A0, Arcanicapsa sp. J, Arcanicapsa sp. A (54166) Gongylothorax oblongus, Archicapsa pachyderma, Arcanicapsa sp. A0, Sethocapsa dorysphaeroides, Sethocapsa leiostraca (51712)
Late/Upper Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Japan (Kochi) Archicapsa pachyderma, Arcanicapsa sp. A, Arcanicapsa sp. H, Arcanicapsa sp. H2, Sethocapsa trachyostraca (66916)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Japan Archicapsa pachyderma (76522)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.1 - 168.3Indonesia (Sumatra) Archicapsa pachyderma (85473)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Japan Gongylothorax oblongus, Sethocapsa sp. B, Sethocapsa sp. B0, Archicapsa sp. C, Archicapsa pachyderma, Archicapsa sp. A, Archicapsa sp. C0, Arcanicapsa sp. A0, Arcanicapsa sp. D, Arcanicapsa sp. E, Arcanicapsa sp. F, Gongylothorax siphonofer, Sethocapsa leiostraca (51713) Sethocapsa sp. (76518)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Japan Sethocapsa sp. A, Sethocapsa sp. A0, Sethocapsa sp. B, Sethocapsa sp. B0, Sethocapsa sp. D, Sethocapsa sp. C, Archicapsa sp. B, Archicapsa pachyderma, Archicapsa sp. A, Archicapsa sp. D, Archicapsa sp. E, Arcanicapsa sp. A0, Arcanicapsa sp. A, Arcanicapsa sp. I, Arcanicapsa sp. J, Arcanicapsa sp. K, Sethocapsa dorysphaeroides, Sethocapsa leiostraca (51714)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian171.6 - 164.7Albania Sethocapsa kodrai (51306 51352 51353)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian171.6 - 164.7Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Archicapsa pachyderma (92804)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Middle Bathonian171.6 - 164.7Japan Archicapsa sp. (76520)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Middle Callovian171.6 - 161.2Greece Sethocapsa dumitricai (47838)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Hungary Yaocapsa macroporata (96198)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Russian Federation Sethocapsa sp. (51603)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Archicapsa sp. (92800)
Bajocian - Late/Upper Bajocian170.3 - 167.7Greece Yaocapsa kisoensis (142126)