Spongopyle Dreyer 1889 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Spumellaria - Larnacillidae
Parent taxon: Cryptolarnaciinae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Sharma and Takahashi 2007
Sister taxa: Coccolarnacium, Cryptolarnacium
Subtaxa: Spongopyle insolita
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (8 collections)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (2)
• Cretaceous of Azerbaijan (2), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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