Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Full reference: E. A. Pessagno, W. Finch, and P. L. Abbott. 1979. Upper Triassic Radiolaria from the San Hipólito Formation, Baja California. Micropaleontology 25(2):160-197
Belongs to Pseudoheliodiscus according to E. A. Pessagno et al. 1979
Sister taxa: Pseudoheliodiscus alpinus, Pseudoheliodiscus bifidus, Pseudoheliodiscus concordis, Pseudoheliodiscus decilobum, Pseudoheliodiscus finchi, Pseudoheliodiscus hettangicus, Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis, Pseudoheliodiscus inaequispinosus, Pseudoheliodiscus massivus, Pseudoheliodiscus nevianii, Pseudoheliodiscus pamphyliensis, Pseudoheliodiscus poissoni, Pseudoheliodiscus primitivus, Pseudoheliodiscus radiosus, Pseudoheliodiscus robustospinosus, Pseudoheliodiscus rotundus, Pseudoheliodiscus rugosus, Pseudoheliodiscus yaoi, Saturnosphaera shengi, Saturnosphaera zhangi
Type specimen: USNM 251822. Its type locality is V5A7, V5A traverse, Punta San Hipolito, Baja California, which is in an Alaunian/Sevatian basinal (siliceous) chert in the San Hipolito Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Mexico (6 collections), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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