Hexastylus grahamensis Kiessling 1999 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Hexastylidae

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

Belongs to Hexastylus according to W. Kiessling 1999

Sister taxa: Hexastylus basiporosus, Hexastylus carnicus, Hexastylus ferox, Hexastylus montisnigrae, Hexastylus setosus, Hexastylus uvarius

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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