Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
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 Mesosaturnalis according to E. Carter 1993
Sister taxa: Mesosaturnalis artus, Mesosaturnalis furcatus
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:
• Jurassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
• Triassic of Canada (7: British Columbia)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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