Xiphostylus communis Yeh 2011 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae

Full reference: K. Yeh. 2011. A Middle Jurassic (Upper Bajocian) radiolarian assemblage from Snowshoe Formation, east-central Oregon. Collection and Research 24:1-77

Belongs to Xiphostylus according to K. Yeh 2011

Sister taxa: Xiphostylus ardea, Xiphostylus asper, Xiphostylus duvalensis, Xiphostylus fragilis, Xiphostylus gasquetensis, Xiphostylus halli, Xiphostylus inclinatus, Xiphostylus logdellensis, Xiphostylus simplus, Xiphostylus whalenae

Type specimen: Its type locality is OR549B Seneca, which is in a Bajocian deep-water mudstone/lime mudstone in the Snowshoe Formation of Oregon

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at OR549B Seneca

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