Dictyophimus Ehrenberg 1846 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtiidae
Parent taxon: Theoperidae according to A. Abelmann 1992
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Theocorys, Dictyopodium, Lithostrobus, Anthocyrtis, Tetracapsa, Ectonocorys, Pterosyringium, Theopera, Rhopalocanium, Theopodium, Sethochytris, Lychnocanium, Cyrtopera, Lithochytris, Valkyria, Theophaena, Gondwanaria, Udan, Eusyringium, Rhopalatractus
Subtaxa: Dictyophimus craticula Dictyophimus crisiae Dictyophimus dubius
Type: Dictyophimus crisiae
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Eocene of Cyprus (6)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (10)
Total: 17 collections including 19 occurrences
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