Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pyramispongiidae
Synonym: Nodotetraedra
Parent taxon: Pyramispongiidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Kiessling 2005, O'Dogherty et al. 2009, Sepkoski 2002 and Zügel 1997
Sister taxa: Copiconulus, Ellipsocopicyntra, Katorella, Kulacella, Paurinella, Rikivatella, Tetrapaurinella, Yujingella
Subtaxa: Nodotetraedra pala Pyramispongia barmsteinensis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (5 collections), Canada (1: Nunavut), Germany (3), Italy (6), Japan (9), Oman (14), Turkey (2), United States (3: California)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (1), Germany (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (3), Austria (3), Germany (6), Italy (5), Oman (2), Switzerland (1)
Total: 65 collections including 71 occurrences
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