Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Full reference: P. Dumitrica, U. K. Tekin, and Y. Bedi. 2010. Eptingiacea and Saturnaliacea (Radiolaria) from the middle Carnian of Turkey and some late Ladinian to early Norian samples from Oman and Alaska. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 84:259-292
Belongs to Cryptostephanidium according to P. Dumitrica et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Cryptostephanidium cornigerum, Cryptostephanidium goncuoglui, Cryptostephanidium japonicum, Cryptostephanidium longispinosum, Cryptostephanidium nannum, Cryptostephanidium rectospina, Cryptostephanidium reticulospinosum, Cryptostephanidium verrucosum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Köseyahya, which is in a Julian marine limestone/mudstone in Turkey
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Oman (1 collection), Turkey (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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