Parent taxon: Nassellaria according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Abnormisphaera, Acanthodesmiacea, Acerahedrina, Acerocanium, Acidnomelos, Acotripus, Acropyramididae, Adelocyrtis, Afens, Amphipyndacea, Anisicyrtiidae, Anthocyrtoma, Archaeosemantidae, Archeeucyrtis, Archicorys, Archocyrtiidae, Ares, Artoperina, Artostrobium, Ayrtonius, Barbutidae, Bathrocalpis, Belleza, Botryocella, Calyptocoryphe, Canelonus, Canesium, Carterwhalenia, Cephalopyramis, Cladospyris, Clathrospyris, Collicyrtidium, Confiroma, Corocalyptra, Cortiniscus, Crubidae, Cryptocapsa, Cryptopora, Cuniculiformiidae, Cyrtocalpis, Cyrtoidea, Deflandrecyrtiidae, Dendrocircus, Diacanthocapsidae, Dictyospyris, Dipodospyris, Distylocapsa, Eucyrtidiacea, Eucyrtidiellidae, Ewingella, Farcidae, Favosyringium, Foremanellinidae, Foremania, Foremaniella, Globolaxtorum, Glycobotrys, Haliphormis, Heloringulum, Hexapylocapsidae, Hilarisiregidae, Homeoarchicorys, Hsuuidae, Japonocampe, Kassina, Krempelinella, Kuppelella, Laxuscingula, Lithobotrys, Lithocampana, Lithocarpium, Lithomitra, Lithornithium, Livarellidae, Lophoconus, Lophocorys, Lophophaenidae, Lychnodictyum, Minutusolla, Monosera, Morosyringium, Mostlericyrtium, Muellericyrtiidae, Nabolellidae, Nabollellidae, Nebespecha, Neosciadiocapsidae, Octotympanum, Perseus, Phaenocalpis, Phaenoscenium, Phormocampe, Plagiacanthidae, Plagionium, Plagoniidae, Platycryphalus, Plectopyramis, Podocoronis, Popofskyellidae, Poulpidae, Pseudosaturniformidae, Quarkus, Quasipetosus, Religa, Ruesticyrtiidae, Salpingocapsa, Sanfilippoellidae, Schadelfussdlerus, Senelella, Sethocapsidae, Sethocyrtis, Sethodiscus, Sethoperidae, Sethopilium, Siphocampium, Solidea, Sphaerospyris, Spinomersinellidae, Spirocampe, Spongomelissa, Spyrida, Stampfliellidae, Stephaniscus, Stichocampe, Stichocapsidae, Stichophormis, Stylocryptocapsa, Syringium, Telacapsulidae, Tertoniidae, Tetrarrhabda, Tetraspinocyrtiidae, Theocapsa, Theophormis, Trexus, Triassocampidae, Triassocyrtium, Tricolocampe, Tripedurnulidae, Tripilidium, Tripocalpis, Tripocyrtis, Tripodiscium, Tripodonium, Tripodospyris, Tripophaenoscenium, Trissopilium, Ultranaporidae, Urocyrtis, Williriedellidae, Windalia, Xipha, Xiphothecaellidae
Subtaxa: Archaeodictyomitridae Bagotidae Hsuidae Unumidae
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 (26), 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 (23), Antarctica (17), Argentina (2), Armenia (3), Austria (22), Canada (177: British Columbia), China (1), Costa Rica (2), Germany (35), Greece (13), India (3), Indonesia (3), Italy (43), Japan (159), Malaysia (1), Mexico (25), New Zealand (5), Nicaragua (2), Oman (33), Peru (1), the Philippines (9), Romania (8), the Russian Federation (51), Slovakia (12), Slovenia (5), Spain (10), Switzerland (3), Turkey (17), United States (111: Alaska, California, Oregon)
• Triassic of Canada (49: British Columbia), China (1), Japan (3), Nicaragua (1), Turkey (16), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 1300 collections including 4450 occurrences