From Suzuki Paleotax db:
1887 Botryopyle dictyocephalus n. sp. Haeckel p. 1113, pl. 96, fig. 6
1965 Botryopyle dictyocephalus Haeckel (?) Petrushevskaya p. 88-90, text-fig. 6.1, 6.2
1971 Botryopyle dictyocephalus Haeckel Petrushevskaya pl. 83, figs. 1-5
1971 Botryopyle dictyocephalus Haeckel Riedel & Sanfilippo p. 1602, pl. 3f, figs. 9, 12
1971 Botryopyle dictyocephalus Haeckel group Riedel & Sanfilippo p. 1602, pl. 1j, figs. 21-26, pl. 2j, fig. 16 (part)
1971 Botryopyle dictyocephalus Haeckel group Riedel & Sanfilippo p. 1602, pl. 2j, fig. 18, pl. 3f, fig. 12 (part)
1973 Botryopyle dictyocephalus Haeckel group Sanfilippo et al. p. 228, pl. 6, fig. 15
1974 Botryopyle dictyocephalus Haeckel Johnson p. 552, pl. 6, fig. 6
1974 Botryopyle dictyocephalus Haeckel Renz p. 789, pl. 18, figs. 10, 20
1975 Botryopyle dictyocephalus Haeckel group Ling p. 732, pl. 13, figs. 20, 21
1976 Botryopyle dictyocephalus Haeckel group Renz p. 154, pl. 7, fig. 10
1978 Botryopyle dictyocephalus Haeckel group Riedel & Sanfilippo p. 123, pl. 6, fig. 17
1986 Botryopyle dictyocephalus Haeckel Levyikina p. 92, pl. 14, figs. 16, 17
1992 Botryopyle dictyocephalus Haeckel group Takemura p. 743-744, pl. 3, fig. 7
1994 Botryopyle dictyocephalus Haeckel Haslett p. 143, pl. 4, fig. 21
2013 Botryopyle dictyocephalus Haeckel Kochhann et al. p. 540, pl. 2, fig. W
Catalog entries: Botryopyle dictyocephalus
Original description: Cephalis multilobate, separated by an oblique constriction from the subcylindrical thorax which is somewhat larger and slightly curved. Occipital lobe conical, of the same length as the posterior part of the triangular frontal half of the shell, which is divided into five to seven lobes, two or three odd lobes in the median part, and one or two pairs of lateral lobes; very variable in size and form of the lobes. Mouth of the thorax wide, truncate.
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: Lazarus et al. 2015 - "R age group"
First occurrence (base): within Quaternary Period (0.00-2.59Ma, base in Gelasian stage). Data source: Lazarus et al. 2015 - "R age group"
Plot of occurrence data:
Haeckel, E (1887). Report on the Radiolaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. 18: 1-1803. gs O Takemura, A. (1992). Radiolarian Paleogene biostratigraphy in the southern Indian Ocean, Leg 120. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results. 120: 735-756. gs References:

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Botryopyle dictyocephalus compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 18-1-2026
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