Tripocyclia smithi Pessagno et al. 1989 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae

Full reference: E. Pessagno, W. M. Six, and Q. Yang. 1989. The Xiphostylidae Haeckel and Parvivaccidae, n. fam, (Radiolaria) from the North American Jurassic. Micropaleontology 35(3):193-255

Belongs to Tripocyclia according to E. Pessagno et al. 1989

Sister taxa: Tripocyclia brooksi, Tripocyclia crassa, Tripocyclia foremanae, Tripocyclia mascula, Tripocyclia southforkensis, Tripocyclia tortuosa, Tripocyclia trigonum

Type specimen: USNM 424162

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Suplee-Izee Area, Snowshoe Formation, (Locality 501B) (Jurassic of Oregon)

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