Capnuchosphaera De Wever 1979 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae

Parent taxon: Capnuchosphaeridae according to U. K. Tekin 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Braginastrum, Catoma, Dicapnuchosphaera, Kinyrosphaera, Monocapnuchosphaera, Plafkerium, Saria, Sarla, Spinocapnuchosphaera, Sulovella, Tetracapnuchosphaera, Weverella

Subtaxa: Capnuchosphaera barnabasi Capnuchosphaera borbalae Capnuchosphaera bragini Capnuchosphaera ciliciensis Capnuchosphaera colemani Capnuchosphaera concava Capnuchosphaera constricta Capnuchosphaera crassa Capnuchosphaera cylindrica Capnuchosphaera deweveri Capnuchosphaera goestlingensis Capnuchosphaera gracilispinosa Capnuchosphaera lenticulata Capnuchosphaera mersinensis Capnuchosphaera mexicana Capnuchosphaera mostleri Capnuchosphaera multispinosa Capnuchosphaera oesii Capnuchosphaera okayi Capnuchosphaera ottomanensis Capnuchosphaera palawanensis Capnuchosphaera schenki Capnuchosphaera silviesensis Capnuchosphaera smithorum Capnuchosphaera sockensis Capnuchosphaera soldierensis Capnuchosphaera texensis Capnuchosphaera theloides Capnuchosphaera tortuospinosa Capnuchosphaera triassica Capnuchosphaera tricornis Capnuchosphaera tumorspinosa Capnuchosphaera tuvalica

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic to Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection)

• Triassic of Albania (7), Armenia (1), Austria (1), China (3), Croatia (5), Cyprus (6), Hungary (5), Japan (8), Malaysia (2), Mexico (12), New Zealand (1), Oman (3), the Philippines (2), the Russian Federation (2), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Thailand (1), Turkey (40), United States (29: Alaska, Oregon)

Total: 132 collections including 450 occurrences

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