Protozoa - Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae
Parent taxon: Stylosphaeridae according to K. Sashida et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Druppatractus, Dumitricasphaera, Lithomespilus, Praestylosphaera, Protoxiphotractus, Staurolonche, Stylatractus, Stylosphaera, Xiphatractus, Zhamojdasphaera
Subtaxa: Spongostylus carnicus Spongostylus tortilis Spongostylus tricostatus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Antarctica (4 collections)
• Triassic of Albania (4), Armenia (1), Austria (1), China (5), Croatia (3), Cyprus (4), Hungary (1), Indonesia (2), Malaysia (1), New Zealand (1), Oman (3), Thailand (5), Turkey (39), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 75 collections including 100 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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