†Xiphotheca De Wever 1979 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Nassellaria - Ruesticyrtiidae
Parent taxon: Ruesticyrtiidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Kozur et al. 2007, O'Dogherty et al. 2009 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Annulotriassocampe, Elbistanium, Nevanellus, Pararuesticyrtium, Paratriassocampe, Pseudotriassocampe, Ruesticyrtium, Striatotriassocampe, Triassocampe, Yeharaia
Subtaxa: Xiphotheca irregularis Xiphotheca pseudolonga Xiphotheca transitus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Croatia (3 collections), Cyprus (1), Japan (1), Turkey (9), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 15 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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