Pterocanium Ehrenberg 1847 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anaticapitula, Bipedis, Dumitricaella, Hinedorcus, Lychnocanoma, Muellericyrtium, Napora, Naropa, Picapora, Poculinapora, Silicarmiger, Trialatus

Subtaxa: Pterocanium proserpinae Pterocanium tenuecostatum

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Type: Pterocanium proserpinae

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• NN21 of North Pacific (3 collections)

• Quaternary of North Pacific (111)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of North Pacific (6)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (2), North Pacific (31), South Pacific (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of North Pacific (1)

• Miocene of North Pacific (1)

Total: 156 collections including 184 occurrences

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