Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Parent taxon: Spumellaria according to W. Kiessling 1999
See also Zügel 1997
Sister taxa: Acaeniotylidae, Acanthopyle, Adiyamanium, Allocyrtium, Amphicyclia, Amphisphaera, Amphistylus, Anakrusidae, Angulobracchiidae, Antygoporidae, Archaeospongoprunidae, Artiscus, Aspiculumidae, Astractura, Astrococcus, Astrocyclia, Astromma, Astrosestrum, Astrosphaeridae, Beatricea, Bernoulliidae, Bipylospongia, Bolenidae, Callosphaera, Caltrop, Cannartidium, Cannartiscus, Cannartus, Capnuchosphaeridae, Caspiaza, Caucasicus, Cavaspongiidae, Cenodiscaella, Cenolarcopyle, Coccodiscidae, Coccolarcus, Conocaryommidae, Conosphaera, Cromyodruppocarpus, Cromyostaurolonche, Cryptolarancium, Cubotholonium, Cyrtiphaeronemium, Dactyliosphaeridae, Devoniglansus, Dicoccura, Dictyastrum, Didactylum, Diplactura, Distriactis, Domuzdagiidae, Doryconthidium, Dorydictyum, Dorydiscus, Dorydruppa, Dorylonchidium, Doryphacus, Doryplegma, Dorysphaera, Druppastylus, Druppocarpus, Druppula, Echinomma, Ellipsidium, Ellipsostylus, Emiluviidae, Entactiniacae, Entapiidae, Fontinella, Foremanella, Formanhelena, Franklinia, Futobari, Glomeropyle, Hagiastridae, Halidictyum, Haliomma, Haplopolus, Haplotaeniatumidae, Heliocladus, Heliodiscidae, Heliosoma, Heterosestrum, Hexacladus, Hexacromyum, Hexadoras, Hexaloncharium, Hexaporobrachiidae, Hexapylomellidae, Hexastylarium, Hymenactura, Kalimnasphaera, Kreyzstella, Labyrinthia, Lampasa, Larcidium, Larnacalpis, Larnacantha, Larnacillidae, Liosphaera, Lithapium, Lithatractus, Melittosphaera, Mendacastridae, Miropylidae, Natraglia, Ommatocampe, Ommatodiscus, Ommatospyris, Orbiculopylorum, Orosphaeridae, Orostaurs, Palaeotetraphyle, Parabeothuka, Parasaturnalidae, Paratriassoastridae, Paratriassoastrum, Parvivaccidae, Patulibracchiidae, Pentactinocapus, Pentactura, Pentalastrum, Pentasphaera, Phacotriactis, Phantum, Phorticum, Phyletripes, Pipetta, Pipettaria, Plegmosphaera, Plussatispila, Praeconocaryommidae, Primaritripus, Prunocarpus, Pseudoacanthocircidae, Pseudoacanthosphaera, Pseudoaulophacidae, Pseudosaturnalis, Pyloniacea, Pyloniidae, Pyramispongiidae, Quasibeothuka, Rhodosphaera, Rhopalodictyum, Saturnaliacea, Schizodiscus, Sethodiscinus, Sethostaurus, Spironium, Spongasteriscus, Spongiomma, Spongoacanthus, Spongobrachium, Spongocoelia, Spongodiscacea, Spongodiscidae, Spongolonche, Spongopalliidae, Spongophacus, Spongosphaeradiscus, Sponguracea, Sponguridae, Srakaeosphaera, Stauracontium, Staurancistra, Staurococcura, Staurocromyum, Staurocyclia, Staurodictya, Staurodoras, Stauroplegma, Staurostylus, Stomatodiscus, Streblacantha, Stylosphaeridae, Stylostaurus, Styptosphaera, Suttoniidae, Tauridastrum, Tetrapylonium, Tetrarectangulum, Tetrasphaera, Tetriastrum, Thalassicola, Theodiscus, Tholomura, Tholoniidae, Tipperella, Trigonocyclia, Triplococcus, Tripodictya, Tritrabidae, Trochodiscus, Veghicycliidae, Vinassaspongus, Vitorfidae, Xiphodictya, Xiphostaurus, Zadrappolus, Zhuangodiscus, Zonodiscus
Subtaxa: Capnodocinae Ellipsoxiphus Liassobetraccium Pantanelliinae Vallupinae Xiphosphaera
Type: Pantanellium
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Austria (10), Germany (3), Italy (69), Malaysia (2), Oman (20), the Philippines (1), the Russian Federation (6), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Turkey (1), United States (6: California)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (3), Germany (1), Italy (3), Oman (3)
• Jurassic of Albania (1), Antarctica (18), Argentina (2), Armenia (2), Austria (17), Canada (117: British Columbia), China (1), Germany (4), Greece (5), Hungary (1), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (18), Japan (79), Mexico (28), New Zealand (5), Oman (5), the Philippines (4), Romania (6), the Russian Federation (13), Slovakia (7), Slovenia (3), Spain (8), Switzerland (3), Turkey (15), United States (73: California, Oregon)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Canada (2: British Columbia)
• Triassic of Albania (1), Armenia (1), Canada (59: British Columbia), China (2), Croatia (5), Cyprus (6), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (36), Mexico (18), New Zealand (1), Nicaragua (1), Oman (2), the Philippines (4), the Russian Federation (4), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Thailand (18), Turkey (49), United States (31: Alaska, Oregon)
• Permian to Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia)
Total: 814 collections including 2569 occurrences