†Mendacastrum baumgartneri Dumitrica and Zügel 2002 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Spumellaria - Mendacastridae
Full reference: P. Dumitrica and P. Zügel. 2002. Mendacastrum n. gen. and Domuzdagia n. gen., two Jurassic spherical Spumellaria (Radiolaria) with hagiastrid medullary shell. Micropaleontology 48(1):23-34
Belongs to Mendacastrum according to P. Dumitrica and P. Zügel 2002
Sister taxon: Mendacastrum aculeatum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mue 22, Mülheim radiolarians, Solnhofen, which is in a Tithonian open shallow subtidal wackestone in the Mörnsheim Formation of Germany
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Mue 22, Mülheim radiolarians, Solnhofen
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