Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Full reference: H. Kozur and H. Mostler. 1990. Saturnaliacea Deflandre and some other stratigraphically important Radiolaria from the Hettangian of Lenggries/Isar (Bavaria, Northern Calcareous Alps). Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck 17:179-248
Belongs to Stauracanthocircus according to H. Kozur and H. Mostler 1990
Sister taxa: Stauracanthocircus circularis, Stauracanthocircus kayai, Stauracanthocircus nadanhadaensis, Stauracanthocircus pessagnoi, Stauracanthocircus poetschensis, Stauracanthocircus quadratus, Stauracanthocircus ruesti, Stauracanthocircus transitus, Stauracanthocircus triangulospinosus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mt. Kirchstein, sample L1, which is in a Hettangian basinal (siliceous) limestone in the Kirchstein Formation of Germany.
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Mt. Kirchstein, sample L1
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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