Protozoa - Spumellaria - Parasaturnalidae
Alternative combination: Palaeosaturnalis parvus
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 Liassosaturnalis according to Kozur and Mostler 1990
See also Danelian 2010
Sister taxon: Liassosaturnalis undulatus
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 Germany (1 collection)
• Triassic of Canada (10: British Columbia), Cyprus (2)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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