Saturnosphaera shengi Yang and Mizutani 1991 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae

Full reference: Q. Yang and S. Mizutani. 1991. Radiolaria from the Nadanhada Terrane, northeast China. The Journal of Earth Sciences, Nagoya University 38:49-78

Belongs to Saturnosphaera according to Q. Yang and S. Mizutani 1991

Sister taxa: Pseudoheliodiscus alpinus, Pseudoheliodiscus bifidus, Pseudoheliodiscus concordis, Pseudoheliodiscus decilobum, Pseudoheliodiscus finchi, Pseudoheliodiscus hettangicus, Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis, Pseudoheliodiscus inaequispinosus, Pseudoheliodiscus massivus, Pseudoheliodiscus nevianii, Pseudoheliodiscus pamphyliensis, Pseudoheliodiscus poissoni, Pseudoheliodiscus primitivus, Pseudoheliodiscus radiosus, Pseudoheliodiscus robustospinosus, Pseudoheliodiscus rotundus, Pseudoheliodiscus rugosus, Pseudoheliodiscus viejoensis, Pseudoheliodiscus yaoi, Saturnosphaera zhangi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hongqiling Nongchang, which is in a Sevatian basinal (siliceous) mudstone in China

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Hongqiling Nongchang

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