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 Pseudacanthocircus according to Kozur and Mostler 1990
Sister taxa: Pseudacanthocircus baumgartneri, Pseudacanthocircus laevis, Pseudacanthocircus mediospinosus, Pseudacanthocircus mocki, Pseudacanthocircus sugiyamai, Pseudacanthocircus terminospinosus, Pseudacanthocircus troegeri, Pseudoacanthocircus troegeri
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 (1: British Columbia collection), Germany (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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