Protozoa - Archaeospicularia - Secuicollactidae
Synonyms: Palaeosphaera Renz 1990, Parasecuicollacta Won et al. 2002, Rotasphaera Noble 1994
Parent taxon: Secuicollactidae according to P. Noble et al. 2017
See also Aitchison 1993, De Wever et al. 2001, Noble and Maletz 2000, Sepkoski 2002 and Siveter et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Beothuka, Diparvapila, Pseudorotasphaera, Stylactinosphaera, Intracorpus, Palaeoactinosphaera
Subtaxa: Palaeosphaera micra Parasecuicollacta bipola Parasecuicollacta multispinosa Parasecuicollacta nannoglobosa Rotasphaera beckwithensis Rotasphaera delicata Rotasphaera marathonensis Rotasphaera nuda Rotasphaera quadrata Rotasphaera robertsorum Rotasphaera severa Secuicollacta alaskensis Secuicollacta amoenitas Secuicollacta araneam Secuicollacta baijingensis Secuicollacta cassa Secuicollacta exquisita Secuicollacta foliaspinella Secuicollacta glaebosa Secuicollacta gliris Secuicollacta herrimani Secuicollacta hexactinia Secuicollacta hindei Secuicollacta horrida Secuicollacta itoigawai Secuicollacta labyrinthica Secuicollacta magnitesta Secuicollacta malevola Secuicollacta minuta Secuicollacta nesymmetra Secuicollacta ornata Secuicollacta parvitesta Secuicollacta platyspina Secuicollacta resodiosae Secuicollacta sceptri Secuicollacta segari Secuicollacta silex Secuicollacta solara Secuicollacta spissa Secuicollacta stelligera Secuicollacta tatondukensis Secuicollacta teli Secuicollacta vallipuellae Secuicollacta vulgaris Secuicollacta xinjiangensis
Type: Secuicollacta cassa
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection)
• Silurian of Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 5 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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