Protozoa - Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Full reference: E. Pessagno, W. M. Six, and Q. Yang. 1989. The Xiphostylidae Haeckel and Parvivaccidae, n. fam, (Radiolaria) from the North American Jurassic. Micropaleontology 35(3):193-255
Belongs to Triactoma according to Pessagno and Yang 1989
Sister taxa: Triactoma amajacensis, Triactoma blakei, Triactoma cellulosa, Triactoma foremanae, Triactoma frequens, Triactoma hexeris, Triactoma hidalgoensis, Triactoma ilsedense, Triactoma jonesi, Triactoma kellumi, Triactoma pachyacantha, Triactoma parablakei, Triactoma paramexicana, Triactoma prolongata, Triactoma rosespitensis, Triactoma spinosa, Triactoma tenuspinea, Triactoma tithonianum, Triactiscus tripyramis, Triactiscus triacuminatus, Triactiscus tricuspis, Triactiscus tripodiscus, Triactiscus lanceola
Type specimen: USNM 424144
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Antarctica (3 collections), Italy (4), Mexico (12), Romania (2)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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