Protozoa - Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
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 Amuria according to E. S. Carter et al. 1998
Sister taxon: Amuria macfarlanei
Type specimen: Its type locality is S1-5-89-CNA-SKUD-32 Kunga Island, which is in a Hettangian/Hettangian basinal (siliciclastic) limestone/siltstone in the Sandilands Formation of Canada
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (31: British Columbia collections), Hungary (1), Japan (4)
• Triassic of Japan (1)
Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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