Protozoa - Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Full reference: C. D. Blome. 1983. Upper Triassic Capnuchosphaeridae and Capnodocinae (Radiolaria) from east-central Oregon. Micropaleontology 29(1):11-49
Belongs to Capnuchosphaera according to C. D. Blome 1983
Sister taxa: Capnuchosphaera barnabasi, Capnuchosphaera borbalae, Capnuchosphaera bragini, Capnuchosphaera ciliciensis, Capnuchosphaera colemani, Capnuchosphaera concava, Capnuchosphaera constricta, Capnuchosphaera crassa, Capnuchosphaera cylindrica, Capnuchosphaera deweveri, Capnuchosphaera goestlingensis, Capnuchosphaera gracilispinosa, Capnuchosphaera lenticulata, Capnuchosphaera mersinensis, Capnuchosphaera mexicana, Capnuchosphaera mostleri, Capnuchosphaera multispinosa, Capnuchosphaera oesii, Capnuchosphaera okayi, Capnuchosphaera ottomanensis, Capnuchosphaera palawanensis, Capnuchosphaera silviesensis, Capnuchosphaera smithorum, Capnuchosphaera sockensis, Capnuchosphaera soldierensis, Capnuchosphaera texensis, Capnuchosphaera theloides, Capnuchosphaera tortuospinosa, Capnuchosphaera triassica, Capnuchosphaera tricornis, Capnuchosphaera tumorspinosa, Capnuchosphaera tuvalica
Type specimen: Its type locality is OR-39 Morgan Mountain, Izee, which is in a Norian deep-water lime mudstone in the Rail Cabin Argillite Formation of Oregon
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (18: Alaska, Oregon collections)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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