Protosegmentum Wang

Protosegmentum Wang in Wang, Cheng & Zhang, 2008 Protosegmentum Wang in Wang, Cheng & Zhang, 2008: 401. TYPE SPECIES. — Protosegmentum xinjiangensis Wang in Wang, Cheng & Zhang, 2008 (Wang et al. 2008: 401, pl. 2, figs 6-9, 14). AGE AND LOCATION OF TYPE MATERIAL. — Middle Ordovician Dapingian, Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, China. TAXON CODE. — 324. STATUS. — Nomen dubium. DESCRIPTION. — “Shell long cylindric, composed of cephalous, thoraxinal and abdominal chambers. The abdominal chamber consists of the ring and the furrow interval and there are some pores on the ring.” (Wang in Wang et al. 2008: 401). REMARK It is not possible to determine the nature of this radiolarian from the figured specimen.
Published as part of Noble, Paula, Aitchison, Jonathan C., Danelian, Taniel, Dumitrica, Paulian, Maletz, Jörg, Suzuki, Noritoshi, Cuvelier, Jessie, Caridroit, Martial & O'Dogherty, Luis, 2017, Taxonomy of Paleozoic radiolarian genera, pp. 419-502 in Geodiversitas 39 (3) on page 493, DOI: 10.5252/g2017n3a4, http://zenodo.org/record/5206585
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