Protozoa - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
Parent taxon: Spongodiscidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphirhopalum, Chitonastrum, Dictyocorine, Dictyocoryne, Haliodictya, Hymeniastrum, Ommatogramma, Porodiscus, Rhopalastrum, Spongaster, Spongodiscus, Spongotripus, Spongotrochus, Stylochlamydium, Stylodictya, Stylospongia, Teichertus, Tesserastrum, Tholodiscus, Trigonastrum
Subtaxa: Euchitonia furcata Euchitonia muelleri Euchitonia santonica Euchitonia triradiata Euchitonia virchowii
Type: Euchitonia furcata
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (8 collections)
• Cretaceous of Germany (2), the Russian Federation (10)
Total: 20 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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