Radiolaria - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Alternative combination: Palaeosaturnalis parvus
Full reference: H. Kozur and H. Mostler. 1990. Saturnaliacea Deflandre and some other stratigraphically important Radiolaria from the Hettangian of Lenggries/Isar (Bavaria, Northern Calcareous Alps). Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck 17:179-248
Belongs to Liassosaturnalis according to Kozur and Mostler 1990
Sister taxa: Palaeosaturnalis blomei, Palaeosaturnalis brevispinosus, Palaeosaturnalis dumitricai, Palaeosaturnalis edentatus, Palaeosaturnalis fragilis, Palaeosaturnalis haeckeli, Palaeosaturnalis hugluensis, Palaeosaturnalis latiannulatus, Palaeosaturnalis lenggriesensis, Palaeosaturnalis liassicus, Palaeosaturnalis mocki, Palaeosaturnalis parvispinosus, Palaeosaturnalis prinevillensis, Palaeosaturnalis raridenticulatus, Palaeosaturnalis rectangularis, Palaeosaturnalis schaafi, Palaeosaturnalis subovalis, Palaeosaturnalis triassicus, Liassosaturnalis undulatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mt. Kirchstein, sample L1, which is in a Hettangian basinal (siliceous) limestone in the Kirchstein Formation of Germany.
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore