Grandetortura Sashida & Tonishi, 1991: 90
Taxonomy of Paleozoic radiolarian genera
Noble, Paula
Aitchison, Jonathan C.
Danelian, Taniel
Dumitrica, Paulian
Maletz, Jörg
Suzuki, Noritoshi
Cuvelier, Jessie
Caridroit, Martial
O’Dogherty, Luis
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Sashida & Tonishi, 1991
Sashida & Tonishi
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Polycystina
Pseudolitheliidae
Grandetortura
GBIF
Chromista
Latentifistularia
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467
Radiozoa
genus
Grandetortura Sashida & Tonishi, 1991: 90.
TYPESPECIES. — Grandetortura nipponica Sashida & Tonishi, 1991( Sashida & Tonishi 1991: 92, pl. 1, fig. 1-15, pl. 2, fig. 1-14). AGE AND LOCATION OF TYPEMATERIAL. — Upper Permian, Kashiwara, Itsukaichitown, Tokyo Prefecture, central Japan.
TAXON CODE. — 200. STATUS. — Valid.
DIAGNOSIS. — “Grandetorturiidae having subspherical or subelliptical outer shell with spherical or elliptical medullary shell without outer spines. Porous or pillared skeleton superimposed streptospirally around medullary shell creating a tube-like tunnel inside the skeleton.” ( Sashida & Tonishi 1991: 90).