Eoseira wilsonii
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Aulacoseirales |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Aulacoseiraceae
Genus: †Eoseira
Species: †E. wilsonii
Name
[edit]Eoseira wilsonii A.P.Wolfe & Edlund, Canad. J. Earth Sci. 42(2): 247 (2005)
Type locality
[edit]- Holotype: Early Eocene, Ypresian; lower ($1–$2) varve sequence, Unnamed Shale beds, Unnamed sediments group; Horsefly Mine, Horsefly, Horsefly River Valley, Cariboo region, south-central British Columbia.
- Paratype: Early Eocene, Ypresian; Black Creek Road fossil locality; Horsefly, Horsefly River Valley, Cariboo region, south-central British Columbia.
Type material
[edit]Holotype:CAN A76143 sample 87H2
- Repository:Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Paratype:CAN A76144 sample BCr
- Repository:Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Isotype: (number not given)
- California Academy of Sciences Diatom Herbarium
Etymology
[edit]- Named after Dr. Mark W.H. Wilson (Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) in recognition of his enormous contributions to the paleolimnology and paleoichthyology of Eocene lakes in western North America.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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. ISSN 0008-4077.Reference page.