Protozoa - Latentifistularia - Cauletellidae
Invalid subtaxa: Deflandrellidae De Wever and Caridroit 1984 [replaced name], Kimagioridae Sugiyama 2000
Parent taxon: Latentifistularia according to P. Noble et al. 2017
See also De Wever et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Gustefana, Latentifistulidae, Ormistonellidae, Palaeoellipsoides, Pseudolitheliidae, Ruzhencevispongidae, Tetraspongentactinia, Tetratormentidae
Subtaxa: Cauletella Foremanhelena Ishigaum Praedeflandrella Pseudotormentus Shangella Triplanospongos
Type: Cauletella
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of New Zealand (7 collections)
• Permian of China (92), Japan (56), Malaysia (2), the Russian Federation (1), Thailand (19), United States (8: Oregon)
Total: 185 collections including 712 occurrences