Fontinella louisensis Carter 1993 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Spumellaria

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 Fontinella according to E. Carter 1993

Sister taxa: Fontinella clara, Fontinella habros, Fontinella inflata, Fontinella primitiva

Type specimen: Its type locality is 86-CNA-SP-1/1 Louise 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 (31: British Columbia collections)

Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence

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