Protozoa - Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Full reference: E. A. Pessagno. 1975. Upper Cretaceous Radiolaria from DSDP Site 275. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project 29:1011-1029
Belongs to Orbiculiforma according to E. A. Pessagno 1975
Sister taxa: Orbiculiforma campbellensis, Orbiculiforma densaora, Orbiculiforma gazipasaensis, Orbiculiforma goestlingensis, Orbiculiforma hexagonaora, Orbiculiforma hullae, Orbiculiforma iniqua, Orbiculiforma kanayamaensis, Orbiculiforma librataspira, Orbiculiforma lowreyensis, Orbiculiforma mclaughlini, Orbiculiforma multa, Orbiculiforma multibrachiata, Orbiculiforma multifora, Orbiculiforma octogonalis, Orbiculiforma plana, Orbiculiforma quadrata, Orbiculiforma radiata, Orbiculiforma renillaeformis, Orbiculiforma sakaii, Orbiculiforma sentarota, Orbiculiforma vacaensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is DSDP Site 275 Campbell Plateau, which is in a Campanian basinal (siliceous) siltstone/chert in New Zealand
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of New Zealand (1 collection), South Pacific (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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