Paronaella bona Yeh 1987 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae

Description: Test relatively large, with rays nearly equal in length. Rays of medium width, subrectangular in axial section, terminating in bulbous Tips. Two tips ellipsoidal in shape, one rhombohedral in outli ne, Test comprised of nearly uniformly sized triangular to tetragonal pore frames with small nodes at vertices, Pore frames irregularly arranged or aligned obliquely to axis of ray.

Etymology Bonus-a-um (Latin , adj,) good,

Alternative combination: Sontonaella bona

Full reference: K. Y. Yeh. 1987. Taxonomic Studies of Lower Jurassic Radiolaria from East-Central Oregon. National Museum of Natural Science Special Publications 2:1-169

Belongs to Paronaella according to L. O'Dogherty and H. J. Gawlick 2008

Sister taxa: Paronaella araneae, Paronaella bandyi, Paronaella beatricia, Paronaella bifida, Paronaella botanyensis, Paronaella broennimanni, Paronaella cava, Paronaella claviformis, Paronaella coalescenda, Paronaella communis, Paronaella corpulenta, Paronaella curticrassa, Paronaella denudata, Paronaella fera, Paronaella gemmata, Paronaella grahamensis, Paronaella hirsuta, Paronaella impella, Paronaella inornata, Paronaella isariana, Paronaella kotura, Paronaella mulleri, Paronaella multifera, Paronaella norica, Paronaella notabilis, Paronaella obesa, Paronaella pacofiensis, Paronaella pessagnoi, Paronaella pristidentata, Paronaella pygmaea, Paronaella ravenensis, Paronaella skenaensis, Paronaella skowkonaensis, Paronaella snowshoensis, Paronaella solanoensis, Paronaella speciosa, Paronaella striata, Paronaella trammeri, Paronaella trifoliacea, Paronaella tripla, Paronaella triporosa, Paronaella tubulata, Paronaella turgida, Paronaella ultrabifida, Paronaella venusta, Paronaella yaogusensis, Archaeotriastrum mostleri, Archaeotriastrum dentatum, Sontonaella concinna, Sontonaella spongiosa

Type specimen: NMNS (000049). Its type locality is Suplee-Izee area, OR-600M, which is in a Toarcian marine tuff/limestone in the Hyde Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Austria (1 collection), Peru (1), United States (4: Oregon)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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