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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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