Gorgansium steigeri Kiessling 1999 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae

Full reference: W. Kiessling. 1999. Late Jurassic radiolarians from the Antarctic Peninsula. Micropaleontology 45(S1):1-96

Belongs to Gorgansium according to W. Kiessling 1999

Sister taxa: Gorgansium alpinum, Gorgansium beaverense, Gorgansium blomi, Gorgansium browni, Gorgansium morganense, Gorgansium pulchrum, Gorgansium silviesense, Gorgansium thayeri, Gorgansium yangi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Longing Gap Radiolarians, LG 1, which is in a Tithonian basinal (siliciclastic) mudstone in the Ameghino Formation of Antarctica

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Antarctica (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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