Theocorys Haeckel 1882 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtiidae

Synonym: Theocoronium Haeckel 1887 [objective synonym]

Full reference: E. Haeckel. 1882. Entwurf eines Radiolarien-Systems auf Grund von Studien der Challenger-Radiolarien. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 15:418-472

Parent taxon: Theoperidae according to E. Haeckel 1882

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Suzuki 2009

Sister taxa: Valkyria, Theophaena, Dictyopodium, Anthocyrtis, Gondwanaria, Lithochytris, Udan, Rhopalatractus, Pterosyringium, Theopodium, Rhopalocanium, Lychnocanium, Lithostrobus, Tetracapsa, Dictyophimus, Eusyringium, Sethochytris, Cyrtopera, Ectonocorys, Theopera

Subtaxa: Theocorys acroria Theocorys anaclasta Theocorys phyzella Theocorys pulchella Theocorys renzae Theocorys turgidula

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Type: Eucyrtidium turgidulum

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Cyprus (5 collections)

• Paleocene of Cyprus (1)

• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Oman (5), the Russian Federation (1)

• Jurassic of Austria (4), Italy (2), the Philippines (1), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 21 collections including 23 occurrences

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