†Shinkaiera fragilis Li et al. 2011 (radiolarian)
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Polycystina - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Full reference: R. Q. Li, K. Sashida, and Y. Ogawa. 2011. Earliest Cretaceous initial spicule-bearing spherical radiolarians from the Mariana Trench. Journal of Paleontology 85(1):92-101
Belongs to Shinkaiera according to R. Q. Li et al. 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mariana Trench, sample 181-R003, which is in a Berriasian basinal (siliceous) chert in the Philippines
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Mariana Trench, sample 181-R003
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