Polycystina - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Alternative spelling: Stigomosphaerostylus
Synonyms: Apophysisphaera Won 1997, Astroentactinia Nazarov 1975, Entactinia Foreman 1963, Inaequalientactinia Won 1991, Palaeoxyphostylus Won 1983
Parent taxon: Entactiniidae according to P. Noble et al. 2017
See also Aitchison et al. 1999, De Wever et al. 2001, Feng et al. 2004, Sepkoski 2002, Thassanapak 2015 and Wang et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Afanasievella, Apophysiactinia, Astroentactiniinae, Bientactinosphaerinae, Borisella, Callela, Cancellosphaera, Costaentactinia, Cubaxonium, Duodecimentactinia, Entactiniinae, Entactinosphaera, Fenestrula, Gracilentactinia, Hegleria, Holdisphaera, Involutentactinia, Kashiwara, Klaengspongus, Lententactinia, Magnentactinia, Magnisphaera, Megaporus, Microporosa, Moskovistella, Multientactinia, Munzuwonella, Oruatemanua, Paracopicyntra, Paratriposphaera, Perforentactinia, Plenoentactinia, Plenosphaera, Pluristratoentactinia, Polyedroentactinia, Provisocyntra, Radiobisphaera, Retentactinia, Retisphaera, Shinkaiera, Sinosphaera, Spongentactinia, Stygmosphaerostylus, Tardentactinia, Trilonche, Uberinterna, Wuyia
Subtaxa: Astroentactinia stellata Entactinia hercula Entactinia modesta Entactinia morii Entactinia multispinosa Entactinia tortispina Entactinia vulgaris Stigmosphaerostylus gogoensis Stigmosphaerostylus horrida Stigmosphaerostylus hystricuosa Stigmosphaerostylus itsukaichiensis Stigmosphaerostylus notabilis Stigmosphaerostylus profundisculus Stigmosphaerostylus pusilla Stigmosphaerostylus variospina
Type: Stigmosphaerostylus notabilis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (3 collections), Japan (4), New Zealand (12), Thailand (2), Turkey (1)
• Leonard of United States (3: Alaska, Oregon)
• Permian of China (38), Japan (59), Malaysia (1), the Russian Federation (1), Thailand (20), United States (7: Oregon)
• Carboniferous of Germany (5), Mexico (3), Thailand (4)
• Devonian of Australia (5), China (6), the Russian Federation (3), United States (3: Ohio)
• Ordovician of United States (1: Nevada)
• Llandeilo of Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 182 collections including 282 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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