Protozoa - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
Parent taxon: Spongodiscidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphirhopalum, Chitonastrum, Dictyocorine, Dictyocoryne, Euchitonia, Haliodictya, Hymeniastrum, Ommatogramma, Porodiscus, Rhopalastrum, Spongaster, Spongotripus, Spongotrochus, Stylochlamydium, Stylodictya, Stylospongia, Teichertus, Tesserastrum, Tholodiscus, Trigonastrum
Subtaxa: Spongodiscus acinus Spongodiscus cribrarius Spongodiscus herzynicus Spongodiscus lenticulatus Spongodiscus punctus Spongodiscus quartus Spongodiscus resurgens Spongodiscus scutulatus Spongodiscus sphaereatus Spongodiscus volgensis
Type: Spongodiscus resurgens
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (8 collections)
• Paleocene of China (1), New Zealand (30)
• Cretaceous of Canada (7: Nunavut), New Zealand (7), the Russian Federation (3)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (14), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 72 collections including 93 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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