Protozoa - Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae
Parent taxon: Acaeniotylinae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Kiessling 1999 and O'Dogherty et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Acaeniotyle, Acaeniotylopsis, Acastea, Acusten, Nolita, Novitripus
Subtaxa: Praeconosphaera antiqua Praeconosphaera magnimamma Praeconosphaera sphaeroconus Praeconosphaera spinosa Praeconosphaera tuberosa
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Oman (10 collections), the Philippines (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Germany (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (3), Argentina (1), Germany (2), Italy (4), Japan (3), Mexico (14), Oman (1), the Philippines (2), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (3), Switzerland (1), United States (2: California)
Total: 50 collections including 80 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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