Lophocyrtis Haeckel 1887 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Nassellaria - Lophocyrtiidae
Parent taxon: Lophocyrtiidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aphetocyrtis, Apoplanius, Clinorhabdus, Cyclampterium, Paralampterium, Pterocyrtidium, Sciadiopeplus
Subtaxa: Lophocyrtis biaurita Lophocyrtis stephanophorum
Type: Eucyrtidium stephanophorum
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Cyprus (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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