Diacanthocapsa Squinabol 1903 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Carpocaniidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Annikaella, Eastonerius, Myllocercion, Novodiacanthocapsa, Schadelfusslerus, Theocapsomma

Subtaxa: Diacanthocapsa acuminata

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Azerbaijan (5 collections), Canada (5: Nunavut), Germany (2), Italy (12), Japan (3), North Pacific (1), Oman (3), Poland (5), Slovakia (1), Turkey (1), United States (2: California)

• Jurassic of Japan (3), Oman (2)

Total: 45 collections including 68 occurrences

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