Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Parent taxon: Amphipyndacea according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Kiessling 1999 and Zügel 1997
Sister taxa: Amphipyndacidae, Canoptidae, Spongocapsulidae, Syringocapsidae
Subtaxa: Caneta Darvelus Dictyomitrella Elodium Excingula Mirifusus Nitrader Parvicingula Parvicingulinae Praeparvicingula Pseudoristola Ristola Tethysetta Wrangelliinae
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Austria (11), Germany (3), Greece (1), Italy (69), Japan (2), Malaysia (2), Oman (23), the Philippines (1), the Russian Federation (10), Turkey (3), United States (29: Alaska, California)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (3), Germany (1), Italy (3), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (1), Turkey (3)
• Jurassic of Albania (5), Antarctica (24), Argentina (1), Armenia (2), Austria (25), Canada (155: British Columbia), China (1), Costa Rica (1), Germany (30), Greece (8), Hungary (1), India (2), Indonesia (3), Italy (37), Japan (113), Malaysia (1), Mexico (26), New Zealand (2), Nicaragua (1), Oman (29), Peru (1), the Philippines (2), Romania (5), the Russian Federation (44), Slovakia (12), Slovenia (5), Spain (9), Switzerland (4), Turkey (18), United States (116: Alaska, California, Oregon)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia)
• Triassic of Albania (2), Armenia (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Canada (65: British Columbia), China (3), Hungary (3), Japan (9), Malaysia (2), Mexico (5), Nicaragua (1), the Philippines (1), the Russian Federation (2), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Thailand (2), Turkey (68), United States (2: Oregon)
• Permian to Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia)
Total: 1021 collections including 3415 occurrences