Phormocyrtis Haeckel 1887

Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae

Parent taxon: Eucyrtidiidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001

See also O'Conner 1994 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Artocapsa, Artophormis, Buryella, Calocyclas, Calocycloma, Clathrocycloma, Cymaetron, Cyrtocapsa, Cyrtocapsella, Eostichomitra, Eucyrtidium, Gigi, Guexella, Lantus, Lithopera, Milax, Phalangites, Pseudoeucyrtis, Schaumellus, Solenotryma, Stichocapsa, Stichocorys, Stichomitra, Vistularia

Subtaxa: Phormocyrtis cubense Phormocyrtis striata Phormocyrtis turgida Phormocyrtis vasculum

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Distribution:

• Miocene of South Pacific (1 collection)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (2), South Pacific (1)

• Eocene of Cyprus (6), North Atlantic (13), North Pacific (10), South Pacific (26)

• Paleocene to Eocene of North Atlantic (2), South Pacific (1)

• Paleocene of China (1), Cyprus (1), North Atlantic (7), South Pacific (2)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of North Atlantic (1)

Total: 74 collections including 93 occurrences

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