†Saitoum elegans De Wever 1981 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Nassellaria - Poulpidae
Belongs to Saitoum according to De Wever 1981
See also Zügel 1997
Sister taxa: Saitoum cepeki, Saitoum corniculum, Saitoum coronarium, Saitoum curvipedatum, Saitoum dercourti, Saitoum dickinsoni, Saitoum keki, Saitoum levium, Saitoum pagei, Saitoum smithi, Saitoum thayeri, Saitoum trichylum, Saitoum triumphense
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Italy (31 collections), Oman (3), the Philippines (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Germany (1), Italy (3), Oman (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), Germany (3), Italy (9), Oman (1), Spain (1)
Total: 55 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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