Wrangellium Pessagno, Jr. and Whalen 1982 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae

Full reference: E. A. Pessagno, Jr. and P.A. Whalen. 1982. Lower and Middle Jurassic Radiolaria (multicyrtid Nassellariina) from California, east-central Oregon and the Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C. Micropaleontology 28(2):111-169

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

See also Kiessling 1995, Sepkoski 2002 and Yeh 1987

Sister taxa: Proparvicingula, Pseudocrolanium, Svinitzium

Subtaxa: Wrangellium depressum Wrangellium izeense Wrangellium okamurai Wrangellium oregonense Wrangellium puga Wrangellium thurstonense

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Type: Wrangellium thurstonense

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Austria (3 collections), Germany (3), Italy (64), Malaysia (2), Oman (10), the Philippines (1), the Russian Federation (2)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Italy (3)

• Jurassic of Austria (3), Canada (20: British Columbia), Germany (4), Greece (1), Italy (7), Japan (19), Peru (1), the Philippines (1), the Russian Federation (15), Switzerland (1), Turkey (4), United States (8: California, Oregon)

Total: 172 collections including 247 occurrences

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