Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Parent taxon: Saturnalidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Axopruninae, Heliosaturnalinae, Hexasaturnalinae, Liassosatumalis, Mesosaturnalis, Palaeosatumalis, Praemesosaturnalis, Saturnalis
Subtaxa: Acanthocircus Aurisaturnalis Moebicircus Praeacanthocircus Pseudacanthocircus Spinoellipsella Spongosaturninus Vitorfus
Type: Saturnalis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of New Zealand (11 collections)
• Cretaceous of Albania (1), Australia (1), Austria (5), Germany (4), Greece (3), India (1), Italy (91), New Zealand (3), North Pacific (1), Oman (17), the Philippines (1), Poland (1), Slovakia (2), Turkey (2), United States (13: California)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (2), Germany (1), Italy (3), Mexico (1), Oman (2)
• Jurassic of Albania (1), Antarctica (13), Armenia (1), Austria (15), Canada (1: British Columbia), Germany (4), Greece (1), Hungary (1), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (32), Japan (14), Malaysia (1), Mexico (9), Oman (3), the Philippines (4), Slovakia (11), Spain (8), Turkey (10), United States (22: California, Oregon)
• Triassic of Albania (2), Canada (9: British Columbia), Mexico (4), New Zealand (1), the Philippines (2), Turkey (7), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 345 collections including 669 occurrences