Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
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 Palaeosaturnalis according to Kozur and Mostler 1990
Sister taxa: Palaeosaturnalis blomei, Palaeosaturnalis brevispinosus, Palaeosaturnalis dumitricai, Palaeosaturnalis edentatus, Palaeosaturnalis fragilis, Palaeosaturnalis haeckeli, Palaeosaturnalis hugluensis, Palaeosaturnalis latiannulatus, Palaeosaturnalis lenggriesensis, Palaeosaturnalis mocki, Palaeosaturnalis parvispinosus, Palaeosaturnalis prinevillensis, Palaeosaturnalis raridenticulatus, Palaeosaturnalis rectangularis, Palaeosaturnalis schaafi, Palaeosaturnalis subovalis, Palaeosaturnalis triassicus
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 (11: British Columbia collections), China (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Mexico (4), the Philippines (4), Turkey (7)
Total: 29 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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