Podocapsa Rüst 1885 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae

Parent taxon: Syringocapsinae according to P. Zügel 1997

See also Hull 1997 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dibolachras, Dicolocapsa, Ducatus, Fultacapsa, Japonocapsinae, Katroma, Parapodocapsa, Pleesus, Podobursa, Quarticella, Squinabollum, Syringocapsa, Teesium, Yamatoum

Subtaxa: Podocapsa abreojosensis Podocapsa amphitreptera Podocapsa topferia

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Austria (3 collections), Italy (37), North Pacific (1), Oman (5), the Philippines (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (2), Italy (3)

• Jurassic of Antarctica (6), Austria (15), Germany (8), Italy (17), Japan (6), Mexico (15), Oman (6), the Philippines (2), the Russian Federation (3), Slovakia (4), Spain (1), United States (2: California)

Total: 137 collections including 151 occurrences

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