Protozoa - Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Synonym: Katroma bifurca Yeh 1987
Full reference: P. De Wever. 1982. Nassellaria (Radiolaires polycystines) du Lias de Turquie. Revue de Micropaleontologie 24(4):189-232
Belongs to Katroma according to De Wever 1982
See also Gorican et al. 2006 and Yeh 1987
Sister taxa: Katroma angusta, Katroma aurita, Katroma brevitubus, Katroma clara, Katroma elongata, Katroma hullae, Katroma inflata, Katroma inflatio, Katroma irvingi, Katroma milloti, Katroma neagui, Katroma pinquitudo, Katroma regina, Katroma sinetubus, Katroma tetrastyla, Katroma westermanni
Type specimens:
- Katroma bicornus: Its type locality is Gümüslü, sample 1662D, which is in a Pliensbachian basinal (carbonate) limestone in the Sögütlü dere Formation of Turkey
- Katroma bifurca: NMNS (000123). Its type locality is Suplee-Izee area, OR-536J, which is in a Pliensbachian marine mudstone/limestone in the Nicely Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Austria (1 collection), Greece (1), Japan (8), Oman (1), the Philippines (1), the Russian Federation (2), Turkey (1), United States (2: Oregon)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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