Prunopyle Dreyer 1889 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Radiolaria - Actinommidae
Parent taxon: Actinommidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Sharma and Takahashi 2007
Sister taxa: Acanthosphaera, Actinomma, Actinomminae, Astrocentrus, Bolena, Carinaheliosoma, Carposphaera, Cromyomma, Cromyosphaera, Elatomma, Haliommetta, Mallanites, Perispongidium, Pseudacanthosphaera, Sphaeropyle, Spongoplegma, Staurosphaera, Staurosphaeretta, Stauroxiphos, Stuermeria, Tetracanthellipsis, Thaisphaera, Thecosphaera, Thecosphaerella
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Loc. 9-04 [Borbon Fm] (Miocene of Ecuador)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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