Protozoa - Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Alternative spelling: Canoptinae
Full reference: E. A. Pessagno, W. Finch, and P. L. Abbott. 1979. Upper Triassic Radiolaria from the San Hipólito Formation, Baja California. Micropaleontology 25(2):160-197
Parent taxon: Amphipyndacea according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Zügel 1997
Sister taxa: Amphipyndacidae, Parvicingulidae, Spongocapsulidae, Syringocapsidae
Subtaxa: Canoptiinae Cinguloturris Laxtorum Neocanoptum Relanus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Greece (1 collection), Italy (9), Japan (1), Oman (5), the Philippines (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Italy (3)
• Jurassic of Albania (3), Armenia (1), Canada (43: British Columbia), China (1), Germany (13), Hungary (1), Italy (18), Japan (36), Oman (13), the Philippines (2), Romania (5), the Russian Federation (17), Slovakia (5), Spain (2), Switzerland (2), Turkey (5)
• Triassic of Canada (26: British Columbia), Cyprus (1), Hungary (1), Japan (1), Nicaragua (1), Thailand (1), Turkey (9)
Total: 228 collections including 316 occurrences