Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Full reference: E. A. Pessagno, W. Finch, and P. L. Abbott. 1979. Upper Triassic Radiolaria from the San Hipólito Formation, Baja California. Micropaleontology 25(2):160-197
Belongs to Pseudoheliodiscus according to Pessagno 1979
Sister taxa: Pseudoheliodiscus alpinus, Pseudoheliodiscus bifidus, Pseudoheliodiscus concordis, Pseudoheliodiscus decilobum, Pseudoheliodiscus hettangicus, Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis, Pseudoheliodiscus inaequispinosus, Pseudoheliodiscus massivus, Pseudoheliodiscus nevianii, Pseudoheliodiscus pamphyliensis, Pseudoheliodiscus poissoni, Pseudoheliodiscus primitivus, Pseudoheliodiscus radiosus, Pseudoheliodiscus robustospinosus, Pseudoheliodiscus rotundus, Pseudoheliodiscus rugosus, Pseudoheliodiscus viejoensis, Pseudoheliodiscus yaoi, Saturnosphaera shengi, Saturnosphaera zhangi
Type specimen: USNM 251820. Its type locality is V4FB, V4F traverse, Punta San Hipolito, Baja California, which is in an Alaunian basinal (siliceous) chert in the San Hipolito Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Turkey (1 collection)
• Triassic of Mexico (6), the Philippines (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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