Protozoa - Spumellaria - Relindellidae
Synonym: Relindella Dumitrica et al. 1980
Full reference: H. Kozur and H. Mostler. 1979. Beiträge zur Erforschung der mesozoischen Radiolarien, Teil III: Die Oberfamilien Actinommacea Haeckel 1862 emend., Artiscacea Haeckel 1882, Multiarcusellacea nov. der Spumellaria und triassische Nassellaria [Contributions to the Mesozoic Radiolaria, part III: Superfamilies Actinommacea Haeckel 1862 emend., Artiscacea Haeckel 1882, Multiarcusellacea nov. of Spumellaria and Triassic Nassellaria]. Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck 9:1-132
Parent taxon: Relindellidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Copicyntroides, Tetraspongodiscus
Subtaxa: Pentaspongodiscus anisicus Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus Pentaspongodiscus discoides Pentaspongodiscus mesotriassicus Pentaspongodiscus spinosus Pentaspongodiscus symmetricus Pentaspongodiscus tortilis Relindella hexaspinosa
Type: Pentaspongodiscus tortilis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Albania (1 collection), Armenia (1), Austria (1), Canada (26: British Columbia), China (3), Cyprus (1), Hungary (2), Italy (1), Japan (3), Slovenia (12), Thailand (3), Turkey (48)
• Permian of China (1)
Total: 103 collections including 137 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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