Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Full reference: E. S. Carter, P. A. Whalen, and J. Guex. 1998. Biochronology and paleontology of Lower Jurassic (Hettangian and Sinemurian) radiolarians, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin (496)1-162
Belongs to Charlottea according to Whalen and Carter 1998
Sister taxa: Charlottea amurensis, Charlottea carterae, Charlottea harbridgensis, Charlottea hotaoensis, Charlottea johnsoni, Charlottea penderi, Charlottea proprietatis, Charlottea triquetra
Type specimen: Its type locality is S8-2-QC-545 Kunga Island, which is in a Hettangian basinal (siliciclastic) limestone/siltstone in the Sandilands Formation of Canada
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (28: British Columbia collections), Turkey (12), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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