†Vallupus Pessagno and Blome 1984 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Parent taxon: Vallupinae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Kiessling 1999, Sepkoski 2002 and Zügel 1997
Sister taxa: Bivallupus, Mesovallupus, Neovallupus, Protovallupus, Supervallupus
Subtaxa: Vallupus hopsoni Vallupus japonicus Vallupus zeissi
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Philippines (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (8), Germany (1), Italy (2), Japan (12), Mexico (13), United States (2: California)
Total: 39 collections including 75 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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