Verticiplagia oregonensis Dumitrica 2004 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Plagiacanthidae

Full reference: P. Dumitrica. 2004. New Mesozoic and early Cenozoic spicular Nassellaria and Nassellaria-like Radiolaria. Revue de micropaléontologie 47:193-224

Belongs to Verticiplagia according to P. Dumitrica 2004

Sister taxa: Verticiplagia abietinoides, Verticiplagia balatonica, Verticiplagia deflandrei, Verticiplagia filiforma, Verticiplagia ramosa, Verticiplagia rhinoceros, Verticiplagia simplex, Verticiplagia turcica, Verticiplagia verticillata, Verticiplagia yehae

Type specimen: No. 74378. Its type locality is Suplee-Izee area, OR-589D, which is in a Toarcian marine mudstone/limestone in the Snowshoe Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Suplee-Izee area, OR-589D

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