Protozoa - Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Full reference: E. Carter. 1993. Biochronology and paleontology of uppermost Triassic (Rhaetian) radiolarians, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. Memoires de Geologie 11:1-175
Belongs to Orbiculiforma according to E. Carter 1993
Sister taxa: Orbiculiforma australis, Orbiculiforma campbellensis, Orbiculiforma densaora, Orbiculiforma gazipasaensis, Orbiculiforma goestlingensis, Orbiculiforma hexagonaora, Orbiculiforma hullae, Orbiculiforma iniqua, Orbiculiforma kanayamaensis, Orbiculiforma librataspira, Orbiculiforma lowreyensis, Orbiculiforma mclaughlini, Orbiculiforma multa, Orbiculiforma multifora, Orbiculiforma octogonalis, Orbiculiforma plana, Orbiculiforma quadrata, Orbiculiforma radiata, Orbiculiforma renillaeformis, Orbiculiforma sakaii, Orbiculiforma sentarota, Orbiculiforma vacaensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is 89-CNA-SKUD-25 Kunga Island, which is in a Rhaetian basinal (siliciclastic) limestone/siltstone in the Sandilands Formation of Canada
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (13: British Columbia collections)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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