Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
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: Eptingiidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Capnuchospyris, Charlottea, Coronatubopyle, Cryptostephanidium, Divatella, Eptingium, Ferresium, Perisphyridium, Perispyridium, Pylostephanidium, Spongostephanidium, Triassistephanidium, Triassolaguncula, Veleptingium, Xenorum
Subtaxa: Tozerium nascens
Type: Tozerium nascens
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (43: British Columbia collections), Hungary (1), Turkey (8), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 53 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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