Plafkerium muelleri Dumitrica et al. 1980 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae

Full reference: P. Dumitrica, H. Kozur, and H. Mostler. 1980. Contribution to the radiolarian fauna of the Middle Triassic of the southern Alps. Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck 10(1):1-46

Belongs to Plafkerium according to P. Dumitrica et al. 1980

Sister taxa: Plafkerium abbotti, Plafkerium antiquum, Plafkerium confluens, Plafkerium contortum, Plafkerium fidicularium, Plafkerium gadoense, Plafkerium hindei, Plafkerium keloense, Plafkerium robustum

Type specimen: Its type locality is San Ulderico, Tretto, VCB1, which is in an Illyrian/Fassanian basinal (carbonate) limestone in the Buchenstein Formation of Italy

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at San Ulderico, Tretto, VCB1

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.