Noritus lillihornensis Pessagno, Jr. and Whalen 1982 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Bagotidae

Full reference: E. A. Pessagno, Jr. and P.A. Whalen. 1982. Lower and Middle Jurassic Radiolaria (multicyrtid Nassellariina) from California, east-central Oregon and the Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C. Micropaleontology 28(2):111-169

Belongs to Noritus according to Pessagno and Whalen 1982

Sister taxa: Noritus pauxillus, Noritus tenuis

Type specimen: USNM 307202. Its type locality is Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C., Maude Formation (Locality 534), which is in a Pliensbachian marine lime mudstone in the Maude Formation of Canada.

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Canada (9: British Columbia collections), Italy (1), Japan (1), United States (2: Oregon)

Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences

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