Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Parent taxon: Vallupinae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Kiessling 1995 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bivallupus, Mesovallupus, Neovallupus, Supervallupus, Vallupus
Subtaxa: Protovallupus busuangaensis Protovallupus difficilis Protovallupus directus Protovallupus excellens Protovallupus firmus Protovallupus tetlamaensis Protovallupus vaticinus Protovallupus yangi
Type: Protovallupus vaticinus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Philippines (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (5), Japan (1), Mexico (12), the Philippines (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 21 collections including 42 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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