†Zartus thayeri Pessagno and Blome 1980 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Belongs to Zartus according to Pessagno and Blome 1980
Sister taxa: Zartus jurassicus, Zartus stellatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Snowshoe Formation, Oregon, USA (Locality 516), which is in a Bajocian marine mudstone/lime mudstone in the Snowshoe Formation of Oregon
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Japan (1), Oman (1), United States (4: Oregon)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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