†order Calpionellida

Protozoa - Calpionellida

Parent taxon: Ciliophora according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cadosina, Colomisphaera, Oligotrichea, Polyhymenophora, Stomiosphaera, Tintinnida

Subtaxa: Calpionella Calpionellites Calpionellopsis Chitinoidella Colomiellia Crassicollaria Lorenziella Praecalpionellites Semichitinoidella

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Albania (2 collections), Algeria (4), Austria (14), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), Cuba (5), Poland (1), Romania (2), Spain (48)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Cuba (1), Poland (1)

• Jurassic of Cuba (4), Czechia (1)

Total: 84 collections including 238 occurrences

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