Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Full reference: H. Kozur and H. Mostler. 1990. Saturnaliacea Deflandre and some other stratigraphically important Radiolaria from the Hettangian of Lenggries/Isar (Bavaria, Northern Calcareous Alps). Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck 17:179-248
Belongs to Crucella according to Kozur and Mostler 1990
Sister taxa: Crucella angulosa, Crucella beata, Crucella cachensis, Crucella carteri, Crucella cavata, Crucella collina, Crucella concinna, Crucella espartoensis, Crucella flowerpotensis, Crucella hettangica, Crucella irwini, Crucella jadeae, Crucella kaisunensis, Crucella magna, Crucella messinae, Crucella mexicana, Crucella mijo, Crucella mirabunda, Crucella plana, Crucella spongase, Crucella squama, Crucella tenuis, Crucella theokaftensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mt. Kirchstein, sample L1, which is in a Hettangian basinal (siliceous) limestone in the Kirchstein Formation of Germany.
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (10: British Columbia collections), Germany (1), Greece (1), New Zealand (1), Turkey (7)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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