Praestylosphaera Empson-Morin 1981 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae

Full reference: K. M. Empson-Morin. 1981. Campanian Radiolaria from DSDP Site 313, Mid-Pacific Mountains. Micropaleontology 27(3):249-292

Parent taxon: Stylosphaeridae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Druppatractus, Dumitricasphaera, Lithomespilus, Protoxiphotractus, Spongostylus, Staurolonche, Stylatractus, Stylosphaera, Xiphatractus, Zhamojdasphaera

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Praestylosphaera in the database

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