Helvetocapsa minoensis Matsuoka 1991

Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Williriedellidae

Alternative combination: Tricolocapsa minoensis

Full reference: A. Matsuoka. 1991. Early Jurassic Radiolarians from the Nanjo Massif in the Mino Terrane, central Japan. Part 1. Tricolocapsa, Stichocapsa, and Minocapsa, n. gen. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 161:720-738

Belongs to Helvetocapsa according to L. O'Dogherty et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Helvetocapsa lemanensis, Helvetocapsa matsuokai, Helvetocapsa nanjoensis, Helvetocapsa plicata, Helvetocapsa prealpina

Type specimen: NU MR0001. Its type locality is Mino Terrane, Nanjo Massif, Imajo Unit, sample MNA-10, which is in a Toarcian basinal (siliceous) mudstone in Japan.

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Japan (2 collections), Slovenia (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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