Dictyoprora Haeckel 1881 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Artostrobiidae

Synonym: Cryptocephalus Haeckel 1881

Parent taxon: Artostrobiidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001

See also Loeblich and Tappan 1961, O'Conner 1994 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Artostobium, Eribotrys, Phormostichoartus, Pseudotheocampe, Siphocampe, Siphostichartus, Spirocyrtis, Theocampe, Theocamptra

Subtaxa: Dictyoprora (Sethamphora) Dictyoprora amphora Dictyoprora gibsoni Dictyoprora mongolfieri

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of New Zealand (3 collections)

• Eocene of Cyprus (6), Peru (1)

• Cretaceous of Turkey (1)

Total: 11 collections including 18 occurrences

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