Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Alternative combination: Protoperispyridium oregonense
Full reference: K. Y. Yeh. 1987. Taxonomic Studies of Lower Jurassic Radiolaria from East-Central Oregon. National Museum of Natural Science Special Publications 2:1-169
Belongs to Perispyridium according to S. Gorican et al. 2006
See also Yeh 1987
Sister taxa: Perispyridium apertum, Perispyridium darwini, Perispyridium dettermani, Perispyridium dumitricai, Perispyridium facetum, Perispyridium gujohachimanense, Perispyridium hippaense, Perispyridium ordinarium, Perispyridium schopfi, Perispyridium serratum, Perispyridium tamarackense, Perispyridium trifolium, Perispyridium whalenae
Type specimen: NMNS (000145). Its type locality is Suplee-Izee area, OR-600M, which is in a Toarcian marine tuff/limestone in the Hyde Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (11: British Columbia collections), Japan (1), Slovenia (1), United States (7: Oregon)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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