Thurstonia Carter et al. 1998 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae

Full reference: E. S. Carter, P. A. Whalen, and J. Guex. 1998. Biochronology and paleontology of Lower Jurassic (Hettangian and Sinemurian) radiolarians, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin (496)1-162

Parent taxon: Angulobracchiidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001

See also Yeh and Cheng 1998

Sister taxa: Angulobracchia, Bistarkum, Cyclastrum, Danubea, Deviatus, Loupanus, Paronaella, Protopsium, Serilla

Subtaxa: Thurstonia gibsoni Thurstonia magnaglobus Thurstonia minutaglobus Thurstonia timberensis

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Type: Thurstonia minutaglobus

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Canada (62: British Columbia collections), Greece (2), Italy (2), Japan (2), Peru (1), the Philippines (4), Turkey (1), United States (1: Oregon)

• Triassic to Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia)

Total: 76 collections including 117 occurrences

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