Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Full reference: W. Kiessling. 1999. Late Jurassic radiolarians from the Antarctic Peninsula. Micropaleontology 45(S1):1-96
Belongs to Acanthocircus according to W. Kiessling 1999
Sister taxa: Acanthocircus breviaculeatus, Acanthocircus calvus, Acanthocircus carinatus, Acanthocircus echinocircus, Acanthocircus euganeus, Acanthocircus hueyi, Acanthocircus italicus, Acanthocircus minimus, Acanthocircus moctezumaensis, Acanthocircus preclarus, Acanthocircus rotundus, Acanthocircus simplex, Acanthocircus spelae, Acanthocircus spinifer, Acanthocircus suboblongus, Acanthocircus trizonalis, Acanthocircus tympanum, Acanthocircus variabilis, Acanthocircus venetus, Acanthocircus yaoi
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 (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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