Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Belongs to Acanthocircus according to Donofrio and Mostler 1978
Sister taxa: Acanthocircus calvus, Acanthocircus carinatus, Acanthocircus dumitricai, Acanthocircus echinocircus, Acanthocircus euganeus, Acanthocircus hueyi, Acanthocircus italicus, Acanthocircus minimus, Acanthocircus moctezumaensis, Acanthocircus preclarus, Acanthocircus rotundus, Acanthocircus simplex, Acanthocircus spelae, Acanthocircus spinifer, Acanthocircus suboblongus, Acanthocircus trizonalis, Acanthocircus tympanum, Acanthocircus variabilis, Acanthocircus venetus, Acanthocircus yaoi
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (3 collections), Germany (2), Oman (3)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (2), Germany (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), Austria (7), Germany (1), Italy (1), Turkey (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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