Protozoa - Entactinaria - Quinquecapsulariidae
Full reference: E. S. Carter, P. A. Whalen, and J. Guex. 1998. Biochronology and paleontology of Lower Jurassic (Hettangian and Sinemurian) radiolarians, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin (496)1-162
Belongs to Empirea according to E. S. Carter et al. 1998
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is S3-4-87-CNA-KUD-2 and -8, Kunga Island, which is in a Hettangian basinal (siliciclastic) limestone/siltstone in the Sandilands Formation of Canada
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (15: British Columbia collections)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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