Protozoa - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
Parent taxon: Spongodiscidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphirhopalum, Chitonastrum, Dictyocorine, Dictyocoryne, Euchitonia, Haliodictya, Hymeniastrum, Ommatogramma, Porodiscus, Spongaster, Spongodiscus, Spongotripus, Spongotrochus, Stylochlamydium, Stylodictya, Stylospongia, Teichertus, Tesserastrum, Tholodiscus, Trigonastrum
Subtaxa: Rhopalastrum carbonicum Rhopalastrum clavatum Rhopalastrum giganteum Rhopalastrum ingens Rhopalastrum isselii Rhopalastrum lagena Rhopalastrum siculum Rhopalastrum tumidum
Type: Haliomma lagena
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Pacific (1 collection)
• Pliocene of South Pacific (1)
• Miocene of South Pacific (1)
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (7)
Total: 10 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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