Protozoa - Entactinaria - Hindeosphaeridae
Parent taxon: Entactinaria according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Aciferopylorum, Braginella, Centrocubidae, Cromyostylus, Cyclocarpus, Ellisus, Entactiniidae, Eptingiidae, Haplentactiniidae, Helioentactinia, Heptacladidae, Hexalonchidae, Hexastylidae, Hollandocachoniidae, Inaniguttidae, Induropilarius, Isometractiniidae, Kahlerosphaera, Kungalariidae, Multiarcusellidae, Odoghertitidae, Palaeolithocycliidae, Palaeopentactinorbis, Palaeoscenidiidae, Paleoxiphosphaera, Pentactinocarpidae, Polyentactiniidae, Protoentactiniacea, Proventocitidae, Pylentonemidae, Quinquecapsulariidae, Radium, Rhizosphaeridae, Saturnalidae, Spongoentactinella, Spongosaturnaloididae, Staurolonchidium, Stylodiscus, Tetrentactiniidae, Thalassothamnidae, Triposphaera, Triumbraculidae
Subtaxa: Hindeosphaera Muelleritortis Mulderella Parasepsagon Pseudostylosphaera Sepsagon Tritortis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic to Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection)
• Triassic of Albania (6), Austria (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (19), Croatia (3), Cyprus (3), Hungary (9), Indonesia (5), Italy (2), Japan (68), Malaysia (10), New Zealand (2), Oman (7), the Philippines (3), Slovenia (16), Thailand (43), Turkey (49), United States (14: Alaska, Oregon)
• Permian to Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia)
• Permian of Italy (1)
Total: 265 collections including 748 occurrences