Protozoa - Nassellaria - Xitidae
Parent taxon: Xitidae according to W. Kiessling 1995
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antexitus, Clavaxitus, Crolanium, Foremanina, Neorelumbra, Novixitus, Praexitus, Pseudodictyomitrella, Pseudoxitus
Subtaxa: Xitus alievi Xitus antelopensis Xitus asymbatos Xitus gifuensis Xitus magnus Xitus mosquensis Xitus pulcher Xitus reticulatus Xitus singularis Xitus spicularius Xitus takayanagii
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (9 collections), Azerbaijan (1), Canada (1: Nunavut), Denmark (2), Germany (5), Greece (2), Italy (87), Japan (18), Malaysia (13), Oman (13), the Philippines (1), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (12), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Turkey (3), United States (12: California)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (1), Oman (1), Turkey (1)
• Jurassic of Austria (10), Germany (4), Italy (15), Japan (23), New Zealand (1), Nicaragua (1), the Philippines (2), the Russian Federation (20), Switzerland (3), United States (3: California)
Total: 270 collections including 505 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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