Protozoa - Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
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 Bipedis according to E. S. Carter et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Bipedis acrostylus, Bipedis calvabovis, Bipedis diadema, Bipedis douglasi, Bipedis elizabethae, Bipedis fannini, Bipedis hannai, Bipedis helenae, Bipedis hiberniaensis, Bipedis japonicus, Bipedis patricki, Bipedis triassicus, Bipedis yaoi, Parabipedis pessagnoi
Type specimen: Its type locality is S8-9-QC-674 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 (11: British Columbia collections), the Philippines (2)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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