Rhopalocanium Ehrenberg 1847 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtiidae
Parent taxon: Theoperidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Lithochytris, Eusyringium, Gondwanaria, Anthocyrtis, Dictyophimus, Dictyopodium, Sethochytris, Lychnocanium, Ectonocorys, Rhopalatractus, Valkyria, Udan, Cyrtopera, Theophaena, Theopodium, Tetracapsa, Theopera, Lithostrobus, Theocorys, Pterosyringium
Subtaxa: Rhopalocanium ornatum
Type: Rhopalocanium ornatum
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Cyprus (4 collections), North Pacific (78), South Pacific (10)
• Paleocene to Eocene of South Pacific (1)
Total: 93 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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