Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Williriedellidae
Alternative combination: Tricolocapsa megaglobosa
Full reference: A. Matsuoka. 1991. Early Jurassic Radiolarians from the Nanjo Massif in the Mino Terrane, central Japan. Part 1. Tricolocapsa, Stichocapsa, and Minocapsa, n. gen. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 161:720-738
Belongs to Minocapsa according to S. Gorican et al. 2006
See also Matsuoka 1991
Sister taxa: Minocapsa cylindrica, Minocapsa globosa
Type specimen: NU MR 0006. Its type locality is Mino Terrane, Nanjo Massif, Imajo Unit, sample MNA-10, which is in a Toarcian basinal (siliceous) mudstone in Japan.
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Japan (2 collections), Slovenia (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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