Spinoprotunuma triassica Kozur et al. 2007 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Unumidae

Full reference: W. Kozur, P. Moix, and P. Ozsvart. 2007. Further new Nassellaria of the lower Tuvalian (Upper Triassic) Spongotortilispinus moixi Zone of the Huğlu Unit in the Mersin Mélange. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles / SVSN 90(4):197-215

Belongs to Spinoprotunuma according to W. Kozur et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Praeprotunuma antiqua, Spinoprotunuma furcatostriata, Spinoprotunuma constricta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gavuructugu, sample G11, which is in a Tuvalian marine limestone in the Killik Formation of Turkey

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Gavuructugu, sample G11

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