Stylospongia Haeckel 1862 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
Parent taxon: Spongodiscidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphirhopalum, Chitonastrum, Dictyocorine, Dictyocoryne, Euchitonia, Haliodictya, Hymeniastrum, Ommatogramma, Porodiscus, Rhopalastrum, Spongaster, Spongodiscus, Spongotripus, Spongotrochus, Stylochlamydium, Stylodictya, Teichertus, Tesserastrum, Tholodiscus, Trigonastrum
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Italy (26 collections), Oman (1), Poland (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (4), Germany (1), Italy (1), Peru (1)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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