Protozoa - Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Full reference: E. A. Pessagno, W. Finch, and P. L. Abbott. 1979. Upper Triassic Radiolaria from the San Hipólito Formation, Baja California. Micropaleontology 25(2):160-197
Parent taxon: Capnuchosphaeridae according to E. Carter 1993
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Braginastrum, Capnuchosphaera, Catoma, Dicapnuchosphaera, Kinyrosphaera, Monocapnuchosphaera, Saria, Sarla, Spinocapnuchosphaera, Sulovella, Tetracapnuchosphaera, Weverella
Subtaxa: Plafkerium abbotti Plafkerium antiquum Plafkerium confluens Plafkerium contortum Plafkerium fidicularium Plafkerium gadoense Plafkerium hindei Plafkerium keloense Plafkerium muelleri Plafkerium robustum
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia)
• Triassic of Albania (2), Canada (46: British Columbia), China (1), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Japan (39), Mexico (7), New Zealand (2), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (12), Thailand (22), Türkiye (1), United States (4: Nevada, Oregon)
• Permian to Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia)
Total: 142 collections including 198 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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