Betraccium perilense Carter 1993 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae

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 Betraccium according to E. Carter 1993

Sister taxa: Betraccium chengi, Betraccium deweveri, Betraccium inornatum, Betraccium irregulare, Betraccium kennecottense, Betraccium maclearni, Betraccium nodulum, Betraccium smithi

Type specimen: Its type locality is 88-CNA-KPA-R3 Kennecott Point, Graham Island, which is in a Sevatian basinal (siliciclastic) limestone/siltstone in the Sandilands Formation of Canada

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (11: British Columbia collections), Turkey (6), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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