†family Xiphostylidae Haeckel 1881 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae

Parent taxon: Actinommacea according to P. Zügel 1997

See also Hull 1997

Sister taxon: Leugeonidae

Subtaxa: Amuria Archaeocenosphaera Suna Triactoma Trigonosphaera Tripocyclia Xiphostylus Zanola

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Type: Xiphostylus

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Albania (1 collection), Antarctica (1), Austria (11), Azerbaijan (6), Canada (4: Nunavut), Germany (1), Greece (4), Italy (84), Oman (21), the Philippines (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (5), Slovakia (1), Turkey (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (3), Germany (1), Italy (3), Oman (2), Turkey (1)

• Jurassic of Albania (3), Antarctica (20), Argentina (1), Austria (19), Canada (82: British Columbia), China (1), Germany (10), Greece (10), Hungary (1), India (1), Italy (43), Japan (30), Malaysia (1), Mexico (19), New Zealand (1), Nicaragua (1), Oman (13), Peru (1), the Philippines (5), Romania (8), the Russian Federation (20), Slovakia (22), Slovenia (5), Spain (7), Switzerland (2), Turkey (1), United States (75: California, Oregon)

• Triassic of Albania (3), Canada (41: British Columbia), China (2), Cyprus (1), Hungary (5), Japan (2), Thailand (22), Turkey (2)

• Permian of China (6)

Total: 639 collections including 1380 occurrences

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