Protozoa - Nassellaria - Sethocapsidae
Parent taxon: Sethocapsidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Hull 1997, Kiessling 1995 and Zügel 1997
Sister taxa: Arcanicapsa, Archicapsa, Gongylothorax, Heliocryptocapsa, Homoeoarchicorys, Kilinora, Plicaforacapsa, Stylocapsa, Yaocapsa
Subtaxa: Sethocapsa accincta Sethocapsa cometa Sethocapsa dorysphaeroides Sethocapsa fabii Sethocapsa hexagona Sethocapsa kaminogoensis Sethocapsa leiostraca Sethocapsa nakaensis Sethocapsa obstipa Sethocapsa pseudouterculus Sethocapsa pytine Sethocapsa simplex Sethocapsa sphaerica Sethocapsa subcrassitestata Sethocapsa taukhaensis Sethocapsa trachyostraca Sethocapsa uterculus Sethocapsa zinckeni Sethocapsa zweilii
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (11 collections), Germany (2), Italy (66), Japan (3), Malaysia (2), Oman (19), the Philippines (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (5), Turkey (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (3), Germany (1), Italy (3), Oman (1)
• Jurassic of Albania (8), Antarctica (2), Austria (20), Germany (12), Greece (3), Italy (23), Japan (14), Mexico (15), Nicaragua (1), Oman (2), the Philippines (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (21), Slovakia (4), Switzerland (1)
• Triassic of Cyprus (1)
Total: 249 collections including 688 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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