Cyrtocapsa Haeckel 1881 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Artocapsa, Artophormis, Buryella, Calocyclas, Calocycloma, Clathrocycloma, Cymaetron, Cyrtocapsella, Eostichomitra, Eucyrtidium, Gigi, Guexella, Lantus, Lithopera, Milax, Phalangites, Phormocyrtis, Pseudoeucyrtis, Schaumellus, Solenotryma, Stichocapsa, Stichocorys, Stichomitra, Vistularia

Subtaxa: Cyrtocapsa campi Cyrtocapsa crescenda Cyrtocapsa indonesiensis Cyrtocapsa mastoidea Cyrtocapsa tricornis Cyrtocapsa tripes

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of New Zealand (32 collections)

• Cretaceous of Czechia (1), Italy (10), New Zealand (12), Oman (5), the Russian Federation (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Italy (3)

• Jurassic of Armenia (1), Costa Rica (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (5), Japan (5), Mexico (3), Oman (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (1), United States (1: California)

Total: 85 collections including 116 occurrences

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