Protozoa - Nassellaria - Triospyrididae
Synonyms: Acrospyris Haeckel 1881, Aegospyris Haeckel 1881, Giraffospyris Haeckel 1881, Pentaspyris Haeckel 1881, Taurospyris Haeckel 1881, Therospyris Haeckel 1881
Parent taxon: Triospyrididae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Androspyris, Anthospyris, Archiphaena, Brachiospyris, Ceratospyris, Clathrobursa, Corythospyris, Desmospyris, Dorcadospyris, Gorgospyris, Hexaspyris, Lamprospyris, Liriospyris, Lophospyris, Patagospyris, Petalospyrella, Petalospyris, Psychospyris, Rhodospyris, Semantrum, Tholospyridium, Triospyrium
Subtaxa: Dendrospyris stylophora Giraffospyris heptaceros Giraffospyris lata
Type: Ceratospyris stylophora
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• NN21 of North Pacific (5 collections)
• Quaternary of North Pacific (28)
• Pliocene of North Pacific (8), Southern Ocean (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Pacific (1)
• Miocene of Ecuador (1), Japan (1), North Pacific (11), Southern Ocean (5)
Total: 61 collections including 63 occurrences
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