†family Orbitoididae Schwager 1876 (foram)

Foraminifera - Orbitoidacea - Orbitoididae

Parent taxon: Orbitoidacea according to A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan 1984

See also Cushman 1927

Sister taxa: Lepidocyclinidae, Lepidorbitoididae

Subtaxa: Omphalocyclus Orbitoidinae

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Type: Orbitoidinae

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Indonesia (2 collections)

• Eocene of Belize (1), United States (3: Florida, Georgia)

• Paleocene to Oligocene of Belize (3)

• Paleocene of China (3), Slovakia (5), United States (1: California)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Belize (1)

• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (2), Croatia (2), Egypt (1), France (3), Greece (2), Italy (11), the Netherlands (2), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), Portugal (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (1), Spain (6), Turkey (9), the United Arab Emirates (1)

Total: 63 collections including 93 occurrences

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