Spongurus Haeckel 1860 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Spumellaria - Sponguridae
Synonym: Spongocore Haeckel 1887
Parent taxon: Sponguridae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Sharma and Takahashi 2007
Sister taxa: Kamospongella, Patellula, Prunobrachium, Pseudospongoprunum
Subtaxa: Spongurus lacunosus Spongurus plantaeformis Spongurus variabilis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (8 collections)
• Miocene of Ecuador (1)
• Paleocene of China (1), New Zealand (16)
• Cretaceous of New Zealand (6)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (2), Japan (7)
Total: 41 collections including 64 occurrences
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