Protozoa - Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Parent taxon: Archaeodictyomitracea according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Kiessling 1999 and Zügel 1997
Sister taxa: Bagotidae, Hsuidae, Unumidae
Subtaxa: Archaeodictyomitra Dictyomitra Diplostrobus Mictyoditra Mita Thanarla Zifondium
Type: Zifondium
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of New Zealand (49 collections)
• Cretaceous of Albania (8), Antarctica (1), Australia (1), Austria (9), Azerbaijan (5), Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Costa Rica (1), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (6), Germany (5), Greece (9), India (2), Italy (132), Japan (31), Malaysia (13), New Zealand (13), Oman (25), the Philippines (1), Poland (9), the Russian Federation (28), Slovakia (3), Trinidad and Tobago (7), Turkey (8), United States (51: California)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (2), Germany (1), Italy (3), Mexico (1), Oman (1), Turkey (1)
• Jurassic of Albania (5), Antarctica (12), Armenia (1), Austria (20), Canada (20: British Columbia), China (1), Germany (26), Greece (5), Indonesia (1), Italy (19), Japan (34), Malaysia (1), Mexico (16), New Zealand (1), Nicaragua (1), Oman (11), the Philippines (2), Romania (5), the Russian Federation (24), Slovakia (10), Slovenia (4), Spain (5), Switzerland (3), United States (14: Alaska, California, Oregon)
• Triassic of China (1)
Total: 674 collections including 1835 occurrences