Protozoa - Entactinaria - Tetrentactiniidae
Full reference: B. B. Nazarov and A. R. Ormiston. 1983. Upper Devonian (Frasnian) Radiolarian Fauna from the Gogo Formation, Western Australia. Micropaleontology 29(4):454-466
Belongs to Spongentactinella according to Y. Wang et al. 2003
See also Nazarov and Ormiston 1983
Sister taxa: Tetrentactinia barysphaera, Tetrentactinia gracilispinosa, Tetrentactinia incondita, Tetrentactinia inopia, Tetrentactinia puncticulosa, Tetrentactinia quadrispinosa, Tetrentactinia somphosphaera, Tetrentactinia somphozona, Tetrentactinia spinulosa, Tetrentactinia spongacea, Tetrentactinia teuchestes, Somphoentactinia saecularis, Somphoentactinia gavrilovi, Somphoentactinia multisphaerata, Spongentactinella veles, Spongentactinella olafi, Spongentactinella windjanensis, Spongentactinella faceta
Type specimen: USNM 360201, a test. Its type locality is Long's Well Locality GI/G, which is in a Frasnian carbonate limestone in the Gogo Formation of Australia.
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
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