Parent taxon: Dasycladales according to W. Kiessling 2003
See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Actinoporella, Angioporella, Anisoporella, Ansoporella, Anthracoporella, Archaeobatophora, Beresellaceae, Bornetellaceae, Chaetocladus, Coelosporella, Columbiapora, Connexia, Dasycladaceae, Diploporaceae, Furcatoporella, Goniolina, Koninckopora, Linoporella, Masloviporella, Megaporella, Montenegrella, Petrascula, Placklesia, Polyphysaceae, Praturlonella, Pseudoactinoporella, Pseudoepimastopora, Rajkaella, Rhabdoporella, Russoella, Sakkionella, Salpingoporelleae, Seletonellaceae, Similiclypeina, Terquemella, Texturata, Thyrsoporella, Thyrsoporellaceae, Triploporellaceae, Uteria, Uterioides, Villosoporella
Subtaxa: Acicularia cutchensis Acicularia dyumatsenae Acicularia elongata Acicularia indica Acicularia paventina
Type: Acicularia paventina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), India (3), Libya (1), Morocco (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Iraq (1), Slovakia (2)
• Paleocene of Austria (6), China (3), Croatia (1), Egypt (1), France (1), India (1), Iraq (2), Italy (2), Morocco (1), Slovakia (24)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Egypt (1), France (2), Germany (5), India (1), Iraq (12), Jamaica (1), Mexico (1), Portugal (19), Romania (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (2)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Argentina (1), Germany (2), Poland (4), Portugal (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Austria (4), Iran (1), Tajikistan (1)
Total: 116 collections including 126 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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