Spongostaurus Haeckel 1882 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae

Parent taxon: Orbiculiformidae according to E.S. Carter et al. 1988

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Orbiculiforma, Orbiculiformella, Pseudogodia, Spongiostoma

Subtaxa: Spongostaurus australis Spongostaurus compactus Spongostaurus hokkaidoensis

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Japan (4), Oman (7), the Philippines (1)

• Jurassic of Antarctica (13), Canada (10: British Columbia), Germany (7), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Japan (1), New Zealand (4), Peru (1), the Philippines (1), Switzerland (1)

Total: 54 collections including 70 occurrences

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