Protozoa - Nassellaria - Pterocorythidae
Parent taxon: Pterocorythidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Albatrossidium, Androcyclas, Anthocyrtidium, Calocycletta, Cryptocarpium, Lamaprocyrtis, Lamprocyclas, Lamprocyrtis, Pterocorys, Theocorythium, Theocyrtis
Subtaxa: Podocyrtis (Lampterium) Podocyrtis (Podocyrtis) Podocyrtis (Podocyrtoges)
Type: Podocyrtis papalis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of South Pacific (1 collection)
• Eocene of Cyprus (6), North Atlantic (15), North Pacific (120), Peru (1), South Pacific (19)
• Paleocene to Eocene of North Atlantic (2)
• Paleocene of Cyprus (1), North Atlantic (2)
• Cretaceous of Austria (3)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (1)
• Jurassic of Austria (12)
Total: 183 collections including 523 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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