Protozoa - Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae
Alternative combination: Stauracontium granulosum
Full reference: P. Dumitrica, H. Kozur, and H. Mostler. 1980. Contribution to the radiolarian fauna of the Middle Triassic of the southern Alps. Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck 10(1):1-46
Belongs to Staurolonche according to Q. Feng et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Staurolonche extensa, Staurolonche insignis, Staurolonche laterna, Staurolonche macracantha, Staurolonche micropora, Staurolonche robusta, Staurolonche scitula, Staurolonche spinigera, Staurolonche tenella, Staurolonche trispinosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is San Ulderico, Tretto, VCB1, which is in an Illyrian/Fassanian basinal (carbonate) limestone in the Buchenstein Formation of Italy
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Albania (1 collection), China (4), Italy (2), Slovenia (6)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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