Canoptum columbiaense Carter et al. 1998 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae

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 Canoptum according to E. S. Carter et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Canoptum anulatum, Canoptum artum, Canoptum dixoni, Canoptum inornatus, Canoptum jinluense, Canoptum laxum, Canoptum levis, Canoptum macoyense, Canoptum margaritaense, Canoptum merum, Canoptum paradoxum, Canoptum pessagnoi, Canoptum poissoni, Canoptum praeanulatum, Canoptum rhaeticum, Canoptum spinosum, Canoptum triassicum, Canoptum unicum, Canoptum zetangense, Paracanoptum primitivum, Neowrangellium pessagnoi

Type specimen: Its type locality is S8-12-QC-676 Kunga Island, which is in a Sinemurian basinal (siliciclastic) limestone/siltstone in the Sandilands Formation of Canada

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Canada (36: British Columbia collections), Turkey (13)

Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence

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