Dicapnuchosphaera carterae Tekin 1999 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae

Full reference: U. K. Tekin. 1999. Biostratigraphy and Systematics of late Middle to Late Triassic Radiolarians from the Taurus Mountains and Ankara Region, Turkey. Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck 5:1-296

Belongs to Dicapnuchosphaera according to Tekin 1999

Sister taxa: Dicapnuchosphaera elegans, Dicapnuchosphaera quinquespina, Dicapnuchosphaera sengori

Type specimen: Its type locality is 97-UKT-128/98-UKT-48, Yaylakuzdere measured section I, Alakircay Nappe, which is in a Lacian basinal (carbonate) shale in the Gokdere Formation of Turkey

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Cyprus (1 collection), Turkey (7)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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