Protozoa - Radiolaria - Actinommidae
Parent taxon: Actinommidae according to E.S. Carter et al. 1988
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthosphaera, Actinomma, Actinomminae, Astrocentrus, Bolena, Carinaheliosoma, Carposphaera, Cromyomma, Cromyosphaera, Elatomma, Haliommetta, Mallanites, Perispongidium, Prunopyle, Pseudacanthosphaera, Sphaeropyle, Spongoplegma, Staurosphaeretta, Stauroxiphos, Stuermeria, Tetracanthellipsis, Thaisphaera, Thecosphaera, Thecosphaerella
Subtaxa: Staurosphaera amplissima Staurosphaera antiqua Staurosphaera crassispina Staurosphaera fluegeli Staurosphaera fragilis Staurosphaera ornata Staurosphaera quadrangularis Staurosphaera rotunda Staurosphaera sancta Staurosphaera setispina
Type: Staurosphaera pusilla
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Greece (2), Italy (1), Oman (1), the Philippines (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Germany (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), Austria (2), Canada (7: British Columbia), Italy (5), Switzerland (1)
• Triassic of Austria (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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