Palaeospiculum georginaensis Won and Below 1999 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Archaeospicularia - Palaeospiculidae

Full reference: M.-Z. Won and R. Below. 1999. Cambrian Radiolaria from the Georgina Basin, Queensland, Australia. Micropaleontology 45(4):325-363

Belongs to Palaeospiculum according to M.-Z. Won and R. Below 1999

Sister taxa: Palaeospiculum arcussimile, Palaeospiculum burkensis, Palaeospiculum curvum, Palaeospiculum dendroeides, Palaeospiculum devoncourtensis, Palaeospiculum discordiosum, Palaeospiculum greenpointensis, Palaeospiculum grosmorensis, Palaeospiculum hexaradiatum, Palaeospiculum martinpointensis, Palaeospiculum multifurcatum, Palaeospiculum neofurcatum, Palaeospiculum parvum, Palaeospiculum radiatum, Palaeospiculum reedae, Palaeospiculum tetractinum, Palaeospiculum tetraradiatum, Palaeospiculum variabile

Type specimen: 7310J-1671, a test

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Sample 7414, Loc. 2, Rogers Ridge [Beetle Creek Fm] (Cambrian of Australia)

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