Protozoa - Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Alternative combination: Tripocyclia spinosa
Synonym: Tripocyclia superba Yang 1993
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 W. Kiessling 1995
Sister taxa: Triactoma amajacensis, Triactoma blakei, Triactoma cellulosa, Triactoma foremanae, Triactoma frequens, Triactoma hexeris, Triactoma hidalgoensis, Triactoma ilsedense, Triactoma jonesi, Triactoma kellumi, Triactoma mexicana, Triactoma pachyacantha, Triactoma parablakei, Triactoma paramexicana, Triactoma prolongata, Triactoma rosespitensis, Triactoma tenuspinea, Triactoma tithonianum, Triactiscus tripodiscus, Triactiscus lanceola, Triactiscus tripyramis, Triactiscus tricuspis, Triactiscus triacuminatus
Type specimens:
- Triactoma spinosa: USNM 424166
- Tripocyclia superba:
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Antarctica (2 collections), Japan (1), Mexico (11)
Total: 14 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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