Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Parent taxon: Entactinaria according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Kiessling 1999
Sister taxa: Aciferopylorum, Braginella, Centrocubidae, Cromyostylus, Cyclocarpus, Ellisus, Entactiniidae, Haplentactiniidae, Helioentactinia, Heptacladidae, Hexalonchidae, Hexastylidae, Hindeosphaeridae, Hollandocachoniidae, Inaniguttidae, Induropilarius, Isometractiniidae, Kahlerosphaera, Kungalariidae, Multiarcusellidae, Odoghertitidae, Palaeolithocycliidae, Palaeopentactinorbis, Palaeoscenidiidae, Paleoxiphosphaera, Pentactinocarpidae, Polyentactiniidae, Protoentactiniacea, Proventocitidae, Pylentonemidae, Quinquecapsulariidae, Radium, Rhizosphaeridae, Saturnalidae, Spongoentactinella, Spongosaturnaloididae, Staurolonchidium, Stylodiscus, Tetrentactiniidae, Thalassothamnidae, Triposphaera, Triumbraculidae
Subtaxa: Capnuchospyris Charlottea Coronatubopyle Cryptostephanidium Divatella Eptingium Ferresium Perisphyridium Perispyridium Pylostephanidium Spongostephanidium Tozerium Triassistephanidium Triassolaguncula Veleptingium Xenorum
Type: Eptingium
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Antarctica (18 collections), Austria (1), Canada (120: British Columbia), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Italy (8), Japan (27), Mexico (19), New Zealand (4), Oman (1), Peru (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (4), Slovenia (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (1), Türkiye (13), United States (27: Alaska, California, Oregon)
• Triassic of Albania (3), Canada (41: British Columbia), China (18), Cyprus (2), Hungary (5), Indonesia (4), Italy (1), Japan (47), Malaysia (7), Mexico (1), Nicaragua (1), Oman (4), the Philippines (4), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (13), Thailand (61), Türkiye (38), United States (4: Alaska, Oregon)
Total: 509 collections including 1007 occurrences