Protozoa - Spumellaria - Archaeospongoprunidae
Alternative spelling: Archaeospongoprinum
Synonym: Palaeospongurus Kozur and Mostler 1981
Parent taxon: Archaeospongoprunidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Hull 1997, Kiessling 1999, Kiessling 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Zügel 1997
Sister taxa: Copiellintra, Pegoxystris, Spongoprunum, Wilvemia
Subtaxa: Archaeospongoprunum bipartitum Archaeospongoprunum bispinosum Archaeospongoprunum carrierensis Archaeospongoprunum chiangdaoensis Archaeospongoprunum cortinaensis Archaeospongoprunum coyotense Archaeospongoprunum cracoviense Archaeospongoprunum elegans Archaeospongoprunum helense Archaeospongoprunum hueyi Archaeospongoprunum imlayi Archaeospongoprunum klingi Archaeospongoprunum liui Archaeospongoprunum mengi Archaeospongoprunum muyinense Archaeospongoprunum nishiyamae Archaeospongoprunum patricki Archaeospongoprunum praeimlayi Archaeospongoprunum praelongum Archaeospongoprunum salumi Archaeospongoprunum tehamaensis Archaeospongoprunum tricostatum
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (3 collections), Azerbaijan (1), Denmark (11), Germany (2), Greece (1), Italy (60), Japan (13), Oman (16), the Philippines (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (15), Trinidad and Tobago (8), Turkey (2), United States (8: California)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of China (1), Italy (3), Oman (2), Turkey (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (9), Austria (3), China (1), Germany (6), Greece (1), Italy (21), Japan (18), Mexico (5), Oman (11), the Philippines (2), Romania (6), the Russian Federation (7), Slovakia (20), Switzerland (2), United States (17: Alaska, California, Oregon)
• Triassic of China (6), Japan (1), Slovenia (1), Thailand (17)
• Permian of China (6), Japan (2), Thailand (12)
Total: 323 collections including 427 occurrences
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