Protozoa - Spumellaria - Archaeospongoprunidae
Belongs to Archaeospongoprunum according to Blome 1984
Sister taxa: Archaeospongoprunum bipartitum, Archaeospongoprunum bispinosum, Archaeospongoprunum carrierensis, Archaeospongoprunum chiangdaoensis, Archaeospongoprunum cortinaensis, Archaeospongoprunum coyotense, Archaeospongoprunum cracoviense, Archaeospongoprunum elegans, Archaeospongoprunum hueyi, Archaeospongoprunum imlayi, Archaeospongoprunum klingi, Archaeospongoprunum liui, Archaeospongoprunum mengi, Archaeospongoprunum muyinense, Archaeospongoprunum nishiyamae, Archaeospongoprunum patricki, Archaeospongoprunum praeimlayi, Archaeospongoprunum praelongum, Archaeospongoprunum salumi, Archaeospongoprunum tehamaensis, Archaeospongoprunum tricostatum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Puale Bay Rads, 80AJM-8A, Alaska, which is in a Callovian/Callovian basinal (siliciclastic) lime mudstone/siltstone in the Shelikof Formation of Alaska
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Antarctica (4 collections), United States (3: Alaska, Oregon)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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