Protozoa - Entactinaria - Hexastylidae
Parent taxon: Hexastylidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Centracontium, Centrolonche, Stigmosphaera, Stigmosphaerusa, Stigmostylus
Subtaxa: Hexastylus basiporosus Hexastylus carnicus Hexastylus ferox Hexastylus grahamensis Hexastylus montisnigrae Hexastylus setosus Hexastylus uvarius
Type: Acanthosphaera setosa
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Oman (3), the Philippines (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (1), Germany (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (9), Austria (2), Italy (1), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1)
• Triassic of Austria (1)
Total: 23 collections including 30 occurrences
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