Palaeoscenidium delicatum Aitchison 1993 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Palaeoscenidiidae

Full reference: J. C. Aitchison. 1993. Devonian (Frasnian) radiolarians from the Gogo Formation, Canning Basin, Western Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 228(4-6):105-128

Belongs to Palaeoscenidium according to J. C. Aitchison 1993

Sister taxa: Palaeoscenidium apertum, Palaeoscenidium appendium, Palaeoscenidium bicorne, Palaeoscenidium bispina, Palaeoscenidium cancellatum, Palaeoscenidium cladophorum, Palaeoscenidium daktylethra, Palaeoscenidium deweveri, Palaeoscenidium echinatum, Palaeoscenidium flammatum, Palaeoscenidium fragilis, Palaeoscenidium hakogasensis, Palaeoscenidium ishigai, Palaeoscenidium kuriharai, Palaeoscenidium nudum, Palaeoscenidium phalangium, Palaeoscenidium quadriramosum, Palaeoscenidium rarispinosum, Palaeoscenidium robustum, Palaeoscenidium scaurum, Palaeoscenidium schaafi, Palaeoscenidium simplum, Palaeoscenidium tabernaculum, Palaeoscenidium venustum, Goodbodium elegans, Goodbodium nishiyamai

Type specimen: GSWA F43978. Its type locality is Pillara Range, SE of Menyous Gap, Canning Basin, which is in a Frasnian reef, buildup or bioherm shale/limestone in the Gogo Formation of Australia.

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Pillara Range, SE of Menyous Gap, Canning Basin

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