Protozoa - Nassellaria - Unumidae
Synonym: Protonuma [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Unumidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Kiessling 1999, Sepkoski 2002 and Zügel 1997
Sister taxa: Praeprotunuma, Turbocapsula, Unuma
Subtaxa: Protunuma europeus Protunuma japonicus Protunuma ochiensis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Albania (7 collections), Antarctica (1), Austria (2), Canada (3: British Columbia), China (1), Costa Rica (1), Germany (10), Greece (1), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (12), Japan (27), Malaysia (1), Nicaragua (1), Oman (7), the Philippines (2), Romania (5), the Russian Federation (11), Slovakia (3), Spain (4), Switzerland (2), Turkey (2), United States (6: California, Oregon)
Total: 111 collections including 138 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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