Protozoa - Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae
Synonym: Sphaerostylus
Parent taxon: Stylosphaeridae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also O'Dogherty et al. 2009 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Druppatractus, Dumitricasphaera, Lithomespilus, Praestylosphaera, Protoxiphotractus, Spongostylus, Staurolonche, Stylatractus, Xiphatractus, Zhamojdasphaera
Subtaxa: Stylosphaera acuta Stylosphaera hastata Stylosphaera hispida Stylosphaera magnaspina Stylosphaera obtusa Stylosphaera quasiobtusa Stylosphaera vetusta
Type: Stylosphaera hispida
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Cyprus (3 collections)
• Paleocene of China (1), New Zealand (19)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Canada (1: Nunavut), Italy (42), Malaysia (2), New Zealand (2), North Pacific (1), the Philippines (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (2), Japan (3), Malaysia (1)
• Triassic of China (1), the Russian Federation (7)
Total: 88 collections including 100 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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