Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Alternative combination: Hexasaturnalis beattiense
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 Kozurastrum according to E. Carter 1993
See also Danelian 2010
Sister taxa: Hexasaturnalis hexagonus, Hexasaturnalis octopus, Hexasaturnalis tetraspinus, Kozurastrum sandspitense
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 (7: British Columbia collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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