Protozoa - Entactinaria - Quinquecapsulariidae
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, Hindeosphaeridae, Hollandocachoniidae, Inaniguttidae, Induropilarius, Isometractiniidae, Kahlerosphaera, Kungalariidae, Multiarcusellidae, Odoghertitidae, Palaeolithocycliidae, Palaeopentactinorbis, Palaeoscenidiidae, Paleoxiphosphaera, Pentactinocarpidae, Polyentactiniidae, Protoentactiniacea, Proventocitidae, Pylentonemidae, Radium, Rhizosphaeridae, Saturnalidae, Spongoentactinella, Spongosaturnaloididae, Staurolonchidium, Stylodiscus, Tetrentactiniidae, Thalassothamnidae, Triposphaera, Triumbraculidae
Subtaxa: Empirea Quinquecapsularia
Type: Quinquecapsularia
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), Italy (15), Poland (2), United States (7: California)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), Canada (17: British Columbia), Japan (4), Peru (1), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 49 collections including 60 occurrences