Gorgansium thayeri Yeh 1989 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae

Full reference: K. Y. Yeh. 1989. Studies of Radiolaria from the Fields Creek Formation, east-central Oregon, USA. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science 1:43-109

Belongs to Gorgansium according to K. Y. Yeh 1989

Sister taxa: Gorgansium alpinum, Gorgansium beaverense, Gorgansium blomi, Gorgansium browni, Gorgansium morganense, Gorgansium pulchrum, Gorgansium silviesense, Gorgansium steigeri, Gorgansium yangi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Fields Creek, FC1E, which is in a Carnian deep-water limestone in the Fields Creek Formation of Oregon

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (1 collection), Turkey (2), United States (1: Oregon)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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