Family Paratympanidae Haeckel 1881 (radiolarian)
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Paratympanidae
Parent taxon: Acanthodesmiacea according to A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan 1961
Sister taxa: Acanthodesmiidae, Artostrobiidae, Bulbocyrtiidae, Cannobotryidae, Carpocaniidae, Cuniculiformidae, Monicastericidae, Planispinocyrtiidae, Pterocorythidae, Rotaformidae, Sethophormididae, Spongolophophenidae, Spongosilicarmigeridae, Stephaniidae, Theopiliidae, Triospyrididae
Subtaxa: Protympaniinae
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Paratympanidae in the database