Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Full reference: P. De Wever. 1981. Parasaturnalidae, Pantanellidae et Sponguridae (Radiolaires polycystines) du Lias de Turquie. Revue de Micropaleontologie 24(3):138-156
Belongs to Pseudoheliodiscus according to P. De Wever 1981
Sister taxa: Pseudoheliodiscus alpinus, Pseudoheliodiscus bifidus, Pseudoheliodiscus concordis, Pseudoheliodiscus decilobum, Pseudoheliodiscus finchi, Pseudoheliodiscus hettangicus, Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis, Pseudoheliodiscus inaequispinosus, Pseudoheliodiscus massivus, Pseudoheliodiscus nevianii, Pseudoheliodiscus poissoni, Pseudoheliodiscus primitivus, Pseudoheliodiscus radiosus, Pseudoheliodiscus robustospinosus, Pseudoheliodiscus rotundus, Pseudoheliodiscus rugosus, Pseudoheliodiscus viejoensis, Pseudoheliodiscus yaoi, Saturnosphaera zhangi, Saturnosphaera shengi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gümüslü, sample 1662D, which is in a Pliensbachian basinal (carbonate) limestone in the Sögütlü dere Formation of Turkey
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Gümüslü, sample 1662D
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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