Protozoa - Nassellaria - Poulpidae
Parent taxon: Poulpidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Zügel 1997
Sister taxa: Eonapora, Hozmadia, Neopylentonema, Parapoulpus, Poulpus, Saitulpus, Triassobipedis
Subtaxa: Saitoum cepeki Saitoum corniculum Saitoum coronarium Saitoum curvipedatum Saitoum dercourti Saitoum dickinsoni Saitoum elegans Saitoum keki Saitoum levium Saitoum pagei Saitoum smithi Saitoum thayeri Saitoum trichylum Saitoum triumphense
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Italy (32 collections), Oman (7), the Philippines (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Germany (1), Italy (3), Oman (1)
• Jurassic of Albania (1), Antarctica (2), Armenia (1), Canada (9: British Columbia), Germany (11), Greece (8), India (1), Italy (22), Japan (20), New Zealand (3), Oman (3), the Philippines (2), the Russian Federation (3), Slovakia (5), Slovenia (1), Spain (3), Switzerland (2), Turkey (1), United States (6: Oregon)
• Triassic of Japan (2), Mexico (1), Thailand (1)
Total: 153 collections including 207 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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