Tricolocapsa Haeckel 1881 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Williriedellidae

Parent taxon: Williriedellidae according to P. Zügel 1997

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cryptamphorella, Excentropylomma, Helvetocapsa, Hemicryptocapsa, Hiscocapsa, Holocryptocanium, Holocryptocapsa, Immersothorax, Kozurium, Minocapsa, Praewilliriedellum, Striatojaponocapsa, Trisyringium, Williriedellum, Zhamoidellum

Subtaxa: Tricolocapsa abdominalis Tricolocapsa anceps Tricolocapsa campana Tricolocapsa grandaeva Tricolocapsa obesa Tricolocapsa tetragona Tricolocapsa thoracica

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Oman (9), the Philippines (1)

• Jurassic of Albania (4), Antarctica (4), Canada (12: British Columbia), Germany (13), Greece (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), Japan (9), Oman (3), the Philippines (2), the Russian Federation (8), Slovakia (3), Spain (3), United States (15: California)

Total: 91 collections including 116 occurrences

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