Eoseira wilsonii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aulacoseirales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Chromista Subregnum: Harosa Infraregnum: Heterokonta Phylum: Ochrophyta Subphylum: Khakista Classis: Bacillariophyceae Subclassis: Coscinodiscophycidae Superordo: Coscinodiscanae Ordo: Aulacoseirales

Familia: Aulacoseiraceae
Genus: †Eoseira

Species: E. wilsonii

Name

Eoseira wilsonii Wolfe & Edlund 2005

Type locality

Holotype: Middle Eocene; lower ($1–$2) varve sequence, Unnamed Shale beds, Unnamed sediments group; Horsefly Mine, Horsefly, Horsefly River Valley, Cariboo region, south-central British Columbia. Paratype: Middle Eocene; Black Creek Road fossil locality; Horsefly, Horsefly River Valley, Cariboo region, south-central British Columbia.

Type material

Holotype: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada CANA 76143. Middle Eocene lake sediment sample 87H2 from the lower ($1–$2) varve sequence at Horsefly Mine. Paratype: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada CANA 76144.

References

• Wolfe, A.P.; Edlund, M.B. 2005: Taxonomy, phylogeny, and paleoecology of Eoseira wilsonii gen. et sp. nov., a Middle Eocene diatom (Bacillariophyceae: Aulacoseiraceae) from lake sediments at Horsefly, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian journal of earth sciences, 42(2): 243–257. DOI: 10.1139/E04-051 PDF