†order Calpionellida
Parent taxon: Ciliophora according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cadosina, Colomisphaera, Oligotrichea, Polyhymenophora, Stomiosphaera, Tintinnida
Subtaxa: Calpionella Calpionellites Calpionellopsis Colomiellia Crassicollaria Lorenziella Praecalpionellites Semichitinoidella
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic
Distribution:
• Miocene of Croatia (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Albania (2), Algeria (4), Austria (14), Cuba (5), Germany (2), North Atlantic (1), Poland (1), Romania (2), Spain (48)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Cuba (1), Poland (1)
• Jurassic of Cuba (3), Czechia (1), Germany (4)
Total: 90 collections including 257 occurrences