Family Spongolophophenidae Kozur and Mostler 1994 (radiolarian)
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Spongolophophenidae
Parent taxon: Acanthodesmiacea according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Acanthodesmiidae, Artostrobiidae, Bulbocyrtiidae, Cannobotryidae, Carpocaniidae, Cuniculiformidae, Monicastericidae, Paratympanidae, Planispinocyrtiidae, Pterocorythidae, Rotaformidae, Sethophormididae, Spongosilicarmigeridae, Stephaniidae, Theopiliidae, Triospyrididae
Subtaxa: Conospongocyrtis Maudia Spongolophophaena Triassospongocyrtis
Type: Spongolophophaena
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (4: British Columbia collections)
• Triassic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Cyprus (1), Japan (1), Slovenia (1)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences