Protozoa - Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Alternative combinations: Jacus anatiformis, Napora anatiformis
Full reference: P. De Wever. 1982. Nassellaria (Radiolaires polycystines) du Lias de Turquie. Revue de Micropaleontologie 24(4):189-232
Belongs to Anaticapitula according to S. Gorican et al. 2006
See also Carter et al. 1998 and Danelian 2010
Sister taxon: Anaticapitula omanensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gümüslü, sample 1662D, which is in a Pliensbachian basinal (carbonate) limestone in the Sögütlü dere Formation of Turkey
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (10: British Columbia collections), Japan (3), Mexico (1), Oman (1), the Philippines (4), Slovenia (2), Turkey (14)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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