Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Synonyms: Neowrangellium Yeh 1987, Paracanoptum Yeh 1987
Full reference: E. A. Pessagno, W. Finch, and P. L. Abbott. 1979. Upper Triassic Radiolaria from the San Hipólito Formation, Baja California. Micropaleontology 25(2):160-197
Parent taxon: Wrangelliinae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Gorican et al. 2006, O'Dogherty et al. 2009, Sepkoski 2002 and Yeh 1987
Sister taxa: Proparvicingula, Pseudocrolanium, Svinitzium, Wrangellium
Subtaxa: Canoptum anulatum Canoptum artum Canoptum columbiaense Canoptum dixoni Canoptum inornatus Canoptum jinluense Canoptum laxum Canoptum levis Canoptum macoyense Canoptum margaritaense Canoptum merum Canoptum paradoxum Canoptum pessagnoi Canoptum poissoni Canoptum praeanulatum Canoptum rhaeticum Canoptum spinosum Canoptum triassicum Canoptum unicum Canoptum zetangense Neowrangellium pessagnoi Paracanoptum primitivum
Type: Canoptum poissoni
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Italy (13 collections)
• Jurassic of Austria (2), Canada (115: British Columbia), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Japan (17), Mexico (7), Oman (3), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (9), Slovenia (2), Turkey (14), United States (38: California, Oregon)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia)
• Triassic of Albania (2), Armenia (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Canada (63: British Columbia), China (3), Hungary (3), Japan (7), Malaysia (2), Mexico (5), Nicaragua (1), the Philippines (1), the Russian Federation (2), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Thailand (2), Turkey (68), United States (2: Oregon)
• Permian to Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia)
Total: 392 collections including 650 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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