Protozoa - Entactinaria - Palaeoscenidiidae
Synonym: Palaeotripus Goodbody 1986
Parent taxon: Palaeoscenidiidae according to P. Noble et al. 2017
See also Aitchison 1993, De Wever et al. 2001 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Deflantrica, Fukujius, Holdsworthum, Insolitignum, Pactarentinia, Palaeoephippium, Palaeopyramidium, Palaeoscenidium, Palaeothalomnus, Parentactinia, Praesaturnalis, Procyrtis, Tlecerina
Subtaxa: Palaeodecaradium gordoni Palaeodecaradium umbelliforme Palaeotripus cancellatus Palaeotripus gogoense Palaeotripus impariramosus Palaeotripus monospinosus Palaeotripus nudus Palaeotripus ramalinus Palaeotripus sexabrachiatus Palaeotripus simplum Palaeotripus tetractinos
Type: Palaeodecaradium umbelliforme
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection)
• Ordovician of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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