Protozoa - Nassellaria - Amphipyndacidae
Synonym: Protostichocapsa Empson-Morin 1982
Parent taxon: Amphipyndacidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphipternis, Cyrtolagena, Palinandromeda, Parvifasus, Parvifavus, Triversus
Subtaxa: Amphipyndax mediocris Amphipyndax obesa Amphipyndax stocki
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of New Zealand (46 collections)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Canada (4: Nunavut), Costa Rica (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (2), Greece (1), Italy (8), Japan (31), New Zealand (13), Oman (6), the Philippines (1), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (10), Slovakia (3), Turkey (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), Germany (1), Italy (2), New Zealand (1), the Philippines (1), Romania (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 141 collections including 200 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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