Capnuchosphaera okayi Tekin 2002 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae

Full reference: U. K. Tekin. 2002. Late Triassic (Late Norian-Rhaetian) radiolarians from the Antalya Nappes, Central Taurides, Southern Turkey. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 108(3):415-440

Belongs to Capnuchosphaera according to U. K. Tekin 2002

Sister taxa: Capnuchosphaera barnabasi, Capnuchosphaera borbalae, Capnuchosphaera bragini, Capnuchosphaera ciliciensis, Capnuchosphaera colemani, Capnuchosphaera concava, Capnuchosphaera constricta, Capnuchosphaera crassa, Capnuchosphaera cylindrica, Capnuchosphaera deweveri, Capnuchosphaera goestlingensis, Capnuchosphaera gracilispinosa, Capnuchosphaera lenticulata, Capnuchosphaera mersinensis, Capnuchosphaera mexicana, Capnuchosphaera mostleri, Capnuchosphaera multispinosa, Capnuchosphaera oesii, Capnuchosphaera ottomanensis, Capnuchosphaera palawanensis, Capnuchosphaera schenki, Capnuchosphaera silviesensis, Capnuchosphaera smithorum, Capnuchosphaera sockensis, Capnuchosphaera soldierensis, Capnuchosphaera texensis, Capnuchosphaera theloides, Capnuchosphaera tortuospinosa, Capnuchosphaera triassica, Capnuchosphaera tricornis, Capnuchosphaera tumorspinosa, Capnuchosphaera tuvalica

Type specimen: Pl. 1, fig. 1. Its type locality is 97UKT141/01UKT245, Hocaköy Section, Antalya, which is in a Sevatian basinal (siliceous) chert/lime mudstone in the Gökdere Formation of Turkey.

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Hungary (1 collection), Turkey (1)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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