Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Fantus schoolhousensis

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Hsuidae

Discussion

Original description: Test as with genus, relatively narrow, with slightly stricture at joints and with six to seven post-abdominal chambers. Cephalis broadm dome-shaped, often with small nodes. Cephalis and most part of thorax imperforate, covered with layer of microgranular silica. Abdomen and post-abdominal chambers consisting of linearly aligned small tetragonal pore frames. Final post-abdominal chamber decreasing in width rapidly.

Original remarks: Fantus schoolhousensis n. sp. differs from Broctus ruesti n. sp. by having a narrower, elongater test with smaller pore frames without massive costae.

Etimology: This species is named for the Schoolhouse Gulch, near its type locality.

Taxonomy
Fantus schoolhousensis was named by Yeh (1987). Its type specimen is NMNS (000081) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Suplee-Izee area, OR-589D, which is in a Toarcian marine mudstone/limestone in the Snowshoe Formation of Oregon. It is the type species of Fantus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Fantus schoolhousensis Yeh p. 62 figs. Pl. 9, fig. 9; Pl. 28, figs. 2, 7, 22, 24

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyArchaeodictyomitraceaPessagno 1976
familyHsuidae
genusFantusYao 1982
speciesschoolhousensis

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.

show all | hide all
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: Early/Lower Toarcian or 184.20000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9USA (Oregon) Fantus schoolhousensis (124328 124331 type locality: 124334)