Protozoa - Archaeospicularia - Archeoentactiniidae
Alternative spelling: Archeoentactinidae
Synonym: Sphaeroentactiniidae Maletz and Bruton 2007
Parent taxon: Archaeospicularia according to P. Noble et al. 2017
See also Maletz and Bruton 2008, Won and Below 1999, Won and Iams 2002 and Won et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Echidninacea, Echidninidae, Palaeospiculidae, Protoentactiniidae, Secuicollactacea, Secuicollactidae
Subtaxa: Archeoentactinia Fungomacula Lithosphaera Pararcheoentactinia Sphaeroentactinia Spongomassa
Type: Archeoentactinia
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (4: Newfoundland and Labrador collections), Norway (2)
• Cambrian of Australia (2), Canada (7: Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Templetonian of Australia (1)
Total: 16 collections including 36 occurrences