Radiolaria - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Full reference: P. Dumitrica, U. K. Tekin, and Y. Bedi. 2010. Eptingiacea and Saturnaliacea (Radiolaria) from the middle Carnian of Turkey and some late Ladinian to early Norian samples from Oman and Alaska. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 84:259-292
Belongs to Palaeosaturnalis according to P. Dumitrica et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Palaeosaturnalis blomei, Palaeosaturnalis brevispinosus, Palaeosaturnalis dumitricai, 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 parvus, Liassosaturnalis undulatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Köseyahya, which is in a Julian marine limestone/mudstone in Turkey
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore