Pseudodictyomitrella escheri O'Dogherty et al. 2006 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Xitidae

Full reference: L. O'Dogherty, M. Bill, S. Gorican, P. Dumitrica, and H. Masson. 2006. Bathonian radiolarians from an ophiolitic mélange of the Alpine Tethys (Gets Nappe, Swiss-French Alps). Micropaleontology 51(6):425-485

Belongs to Pseudodictyomitrella according to L. O'Dogherty et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Pseudodictyomitrella badouxi, Pseudodictyomitrella renevieri

Type specimen: LO16537. Its type locality is VS 3, Vorderi Schneit outcrop, Perrières series, Gets Nappe, Alps, which is in a Bathonian basinal (siliciclastic) chert in Switzerland.

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at VS 3, Vorderi Schneit outcrop, Perrières series, Gets Nappe, Alps

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