Protozoa - Nassellaria - Spongocapsulidae
Parent taxon: Spongocapsulidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
See also Hull 1997 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anachoreta, Obesacapsula, Spongostichomitra, Torculum, Tubilustrium
Subtaxa: Spongocapsula conica Spongocapsula daigoensis Spongocapsula dumitricai Spongocapsula ovum Spongocapsula palmerae Spongocapsula perampla
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Austria (3), Italy (21), Oman (9), United States (1: California)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Germany (1), Turkey (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (3), Austria (5), Germany (3), Italy (10), Japan (17), Malaysia (1), Oman (11), the Philippines (1), the Russian Federation (11), Slovakia (7), Spain (3), Switzerland (1), United States (15: California, Oregon)
Total: 125 collections including 172 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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