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Retentactinia parvisphaera

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae

Taxonomy
Retentactinia parvisphaera was named by Takahashi (2014). Its type specimen is TGU 9116 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is N01-05, Na Trang village, Lang Son City, which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in the Bac Thuy Formation of Vietnam.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Retentactinia parvisphaera Takahashi p. 281 fig. 201

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familyEntactiniidaeRiedel 1967
genusRetentactinia
speciesparvisphaera

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.

†Retentactinia parvisphaera Takahashi 2014
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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: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Vietnam Retentactinia parvisphaera (type locality: 143596 143597 155516)