Dictyophimus Ehrenberg 1846 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtiidae
Parent taxon: Theoperidae according to A. Abelmann 1992
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Sethochytris, Udan, Tetracapsa, Anthocyrtis, Theophaena, Cyrtopera, Theocorys, Rhopalatractus, Eusyringium, Pterosyringium, Ectonocorys, Theopera, Theopodium, Lychnocanium, Gondwanaria, Valkyria, Rhopalocanium, Lithochytris, Dictyopodium, Lithostrobus
Subtaxa: Dictyophimus craticula Dictyophimus crisiae Dictyophimus dubius
Type: Dictyophimus crisiae
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Cyprus (6 collections)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (10)
Total: 16 collections including 18 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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