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Pseudocrucella pecta

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae

Discussion

Description: Test having short, wide rays and small central cavity. Rays ellipsoidal in axial section, comprised of irregularly arranged and somewhat variably sized polygonal pore frames. Distal portion of

rays rounded with short, massive primary spines. Primary spines circular in axial section, one spine slightly longer than other three. Central area slightly depressed, cortical shell with small pentagonal and hexagonal pore frames. Test with or without patagium.

Taxonomy
Pseudocrucella pecta was named by Yeh (1987). Its type specimen is NMNS (000025) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Suplee-Izee area, OR-600A, which is in a Toarcian marine tuff/limestone in the Hyde Formation of Oregon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. adriani, P. ehrenbergi, P. elisabethae, P. haeckeli, P. hettangica, P. plana, P. prava

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Pseudocrucella pecta Yeh p. 29 figs. Pl. 12, figs. 10, 29

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyHagiastridaeRiedel 1971
genusPseudocrucellaBaumgartner 1980
speciespecta

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.

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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 Late/Upper Pliensbachian to the top of the Early/Lower Toarcian or 192.90000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2USA (Oregon) Pseudocrucella pecta (124323 124325)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9USA (Oregon) Pseudocrucella pecta (type locality: 124328 124330 124331 124334)