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Cuniculiformiidae

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Cuniculiformiidae

Taxonomy
Cuniculiformiidae was named by De Wever (1982).

It was assigned to Nassellaria by Dumitrica and Zügel (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Cuniculiformiidae De Wever
2003Cuniculiformiidae Dumitrica and Zügel p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyCuniculiformiidaeDe Wever 1982
familyCuniculiformiidaeDe Wever 1982

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. †Cuniculiformiidae De Wever 1982
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G. †Cassideus Pessagno 1969
G. †Cuniculiformis De Wever 1982
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†Cuniculiformis aristotelis De Wever 1982
†Cuniculiformis plinius De Wever 1982
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: base of the Late/Upper Sinemurian to the top of the Albian or 196.50000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Turkey Cuniculiformis sp. A (33676)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Canada (British Columbia) Cuniculiformis plinius (94345 94347 94350 94360 94381 94383)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Turkey (Antalya) Cuniculiformis sp. A, Cuniculiformis sp. B, Cuniculiformis plinius, Cuniculiformis aristotelis (81267)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Japan Cuniculiformis sp., Cuniculiformis plinius, Cuniculiformis aristotelis (124830)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Cassideus biannulatus, Cassideus deweveri, Cassideus scalariconus, Cuniculiformis sp. (51152)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (California) Cassideus yoloensis, Cassideus sp. A (54072)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian112.03 - 99.6USA (California) Cassideus yoloensis (54057)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (California) Cassideus yoloensis (54062)