Ferresium Blome 1984 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae

Parent taxon: Eptingiidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Capnuchospyris, Charlottea, Coronatubopyle, Cryptostephanidium, Divatella, Eptingium, Perisphyridium, Perispyridium, Pylostephanidium, Spongostephanidium, Tozerium, Triassistephanidium, Triassolaguncula, Veleptingium, Xenorum

Subtaxa: Ferresium conclusum Ferresium laseekense Ferresium okuyucui Ferresium philippinense Ferresium teekwoonense Ferresium triquetrum

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Type: Ferresium laseekense

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (27: British Columbia collections), Cyprus (1), Nicaragua (1), the Philippines (1), Thailand (2), Turkey (26), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 59 collections including 100 occurrences

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