Desmospyris Haeckel 1881 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Triospyrididae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Androspyris, Anthospyris, Archiphaena, Brachiospyris, Ceratospyris, Clathrobursa, Corythospyris, Dendrospyris, Dorcadospyris, Gorgospyris, Hexaspyris, Lamprospyris, Liriospyris, Lophospyris, Patagospyris, Petalospyrella, Petalospyris, Psychospyris, Rhodospyris, Semantrum, Tholospyridium, Triospyrium

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Southern Ocean (3 collections)

• Pliocene of Southern Ocean (26)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Southern Ocean (1)

• Miocene of Southern Ocean (19)

Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence

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