Protozoa - Nassellaria - Pterocorythidae
Parent taxon: Pterocorythidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also O'Conner 1994 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Albatrossidium, Androcyclas, Anthocyrtidium, Calocycletta, Cryptocarpium, Lamaprocyrtis, Lamprocyrtis, Podocyrtis, Pterocorys, Theocorythium, Theocyrtis
Subtaxa: Lamprocyclas maritalis Lamprocyclas matakohe
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• NN21 of North Pacific (3 collections)
• Quaternary of Japan (4), North Pacific (9)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Pacific (1)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), South Pacific (3)
• Miocene of North Pacific (1)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (4)
• Eocene to Oligocene of South Pacific (2)
• Eocene of South Pacific (7)
Total: 35 collections including 37 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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