Mesosaturnalis acuminatus Carter 1993 (radiolarian)

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

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