Saturnalis Haeckel 1887 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Parent taxon: Saturnalidae according to G. K. Sharma and K. Takahashi 2007
See also De Wever et al. 2001 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Axopruninae, Heliosaturnalinae, Hexasaturnalinae, Liassosatumalis, Mesosaturnalis, Palaeosatumalis, Praemesosaturnalis, Saturnalinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Pacific (1 collection)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (14)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
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