Tardentactinia oregonensis Dumitrica 2013 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae

Full reference: P. Dumitrica. 2013. Early Tithonian entactinarian Radiolaria from the Solnhofen area (southern Germany). Part I. Revue de micropaléontologie 56:75-95

Belongs to Tardentactinia according to P. Dumitrica 2013

Sister taxa: Tardentactinia echinata, Tardentactinia longispinosa

Type specimen: coll. MGL 96852. Its type locality is Snowshoe Formation, Oregon, USA (Locality 555), which is in a Bajocian marine lime mudstone in the Snowshoe Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Snowshoe Formation, Oregon, USA (Locality 555)

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