Protozoa - Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Full reference: W. Kiessling. 1999. Late Jurassic radiolarians from the Antarctic Peninsula. Micropaleontology 45(S1):1-96
Belongs to Tripocyclia according to W. Kiessling 1999
Sister taxa: Tripocyclia brooksi, Tripocyclia foremanae, Tripocyclia mascula, Tripocyclia smithi, Tripocyclia southforkensis, Tripocyclia tortuosa, Tripocyclia trigonum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Longing Gap Radiolarians, K 20-1, which is in a Tithonian basinal (siliciclastic) mudstone in the Ameghino Formation of Antarctica
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Antarctica (12 collections), Switzerland (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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