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Triactoma mexicana

Protozoa - Xiphostylidae

Taxonomy
Triactoma mexicana was named by Pessagno et al. (1989). Its type specimen is USNM 424144 and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Triactoma mexicana Pessagno et al. p. 210 figs. Pl. 1, fig. 5; Pl. 9, fig. 9, 16, 20
1989Triactoma mexicana Pessagno and Yang

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
superfamilyActinommaceaHaeckel 1862
familyXiphostylidaeHaeckel 1881
genusTriactomaRüst 1885
speciesmexicana

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.

Triactoma mexicana Pessagno et al. 1989
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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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 165.30000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Italy Triactoma mexicana (89645)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Romania Triactoma mexicana (78680 78681)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Italy Triactoma mexicana (78917)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Italy Triactoma mexicana (78974)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Antarctica (Antarctic Peninsula) Triactoma mexicana (9956 51833 51836)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Mexico (San Luis Potosi) Triactoma mexicana (51755 51760 51763 51765 51767 51768 51769 51770 51771 51773 51776)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy Triactoma mexicana (47165)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Mexico (San Luis Potosi) Triactoma mexicana (51775)