Protozoa - Nassellaria - Williriedellidae
Full reference: A. Matsuoka. 1991. Early Jurassic Radiolarians from the Nanjo Massif in the Mino Terrane, central Japan. Part 1. Tricolocapsa, Stichocapsa, and Minocapsa, n. gen. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 161:720-738
Parent taxon: Williriedellidae according to L. O'Dogherty et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Cryptamphorella, Excentropylomma, Helvetocapsa, Hemicryptocapsa, Hiscocapsa, Holocryptocanium, Holocryptocapsa, Immersothorax, Kozurium, Praewilliriedellum, Striatojaponocapsa, Tricolocapsa, Trisyringium, Williriedellum, Zhamoidellum
Subtaxa: Minocapsa cylindrica Minocapsa globosa Minocapsa megaglobosa
Type: Minocapsa cylindrica
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Japan (3 collections), Slovenia (2), Switzerland (1), United States (5: California)
Total: 11 collections including 18 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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