†family Protoentactiniidae Kozur et al. 1996 (radiolarian)
Protozoa - Archaeospicularia - Protoentactiniidae
Parent taxon: Archaeospicularia according to P. Noble et al. 2017
See also Kozur et al. 1996, Maletz and Bruton 2008, Takahashi and Miyake 2014, Won and Iams 2002 and Won et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Archeoentactiniidae, Echidninacea, Echidninidae, Palaeospiculidae, Secuicollactacea, Secuicollactidae
Subtaxa: Protoentactinia Protospongentactinia
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (4: Newfoundland and Labrador collections), Norway (2)
• Tremadoc of United States (1: Nevada)
• Cambrian of Canada (5: Newfoundland and Labrador)
Total: 12 collections including 28 occurrences