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radiolarian::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | actinopod |
Examples of radiolarian
radiolarian
A copy of Haeckel's illustration for this radiolarian appears in the article on regular polyhedra.
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Important minerals are the so-called Kellerwald quartzite, radiolarian rock, shale, greywacke and diabase.
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Radiolarian chert is found in the central section.
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At Etheridge Creek, the type locality is a repeating pattern of sandstone, micaceous sandy shale, mudstone, black argillaceous and radiolarian chert.
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- Protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods
- Radiolarians (also radiolaria) are amoeboid protozoa that produce intricate mineral skeletons, typically with a central capsule dividing the cell into inner and outer portions, called endoplasm and ectoplasm. ...
- Any of many marine amoeboid protozoa, of subclass Radiolaria, having filamentous pseudopodia; they have intricate silica skeletons
- (Radiolarians) Single-celled organisms that lived in the oceans from 500 - 160 mya. Their fossils are used to date rocks representing deep ocean origins.
- (Radiolarians) Planktonic and benthic protozoans of the Phylum Sarcodina that are protected by shells that are usually siliceous.*
- Member of a phylum of radially symmetric eukaryotes in the Rhizaria kingdom. They have a strong fossil record.
- Protists which go back to the early Cambrian Period. They are abundance in many rocks, their long geologic history, make them important sources of information on the geologic age and structure of many deposits. Radiolaria can range anywhere from 30 microns to 2 mm in diameter.
- A protist, usually marine, with a shell generally made of silica and pseudopodia that radiate from the central body.
- An order of single-celled sea animals with long slender pseudopodia and a perforated outer skeleton of silica.
