Protozoa - Entactinaria - Tetrentactiniidae
Synonym: Triaenoentactinosphaera Wang 1997
Parent taxon: Tetrentactiniini according to P. Noble et al. 2017
See also De Wever et al. 2001, Feng et al. 2004, Sepkoski 2002, Wang et al. 2003 and Won 1997
Sister taxa: Ellipsostigma, Multisphaera, Tetrentactinia
Subtaxa: Triaenoentactinosphaera regularia Triaenosphaera bareillensis Triaenosphaera hebes Triaenosphaera leherissei Triaenosphaera longispina Triaenosphaera megacantha Triaenosphaera minuscula Triaenosphaera minutus Triaenosphaera sicarius Triaenosphaera tetraculeata Triaenosphaera variabilis
Type: Triaenosphaera sicarius
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of New Zealand (3 collections)
• Permian of China (11), Japan (2), Thailand (1)
• Carboniferous of Germany (2), Thailand (4), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 24 collections including 45 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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