†Empirea Carter et al. 1998 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Entactinaria - Quinquecapsulariidae
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: Quinquecapsulariidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
Sister taxon: Quinquecapsularia
Subtaxa: Empirea hasta
Type: Empirea hasta
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (17: British Columbia collections), Japan (1), Peru (1), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 20 collections including 23 occurrences
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