Family Cassidulinidae (foram)

Foraminifera - Rotaliina - Cassidulinidae

Parent taxon: Rotaliina according to W. Kiessling 2009

See also Cushman 1927, Holzmann and Pawlowski 2017 and Wienrich 1997

Sister taxa: Acervulinacea, Annulopatellinacea, Asterigerinacea, Aubignyna, Bolivinacea, Bolivinitacea, Buliminacea, Carterinacea, Cassidulina, Cassidulinacea, Caucasina, Chilostomellacea, Delosinacea, Discorbacea, Discorbinellacea, Discorbitura, Eouvigerinacea, Fursenkoinacea, Glabratellacea, Globorotalitidae, Hedbergellacea, Islandiellidae, Lepitorbitoididae, Mississippinidae, Nummulitacea, Orbitoidacea, Osangulariidae, Pappina, Planorbulinacea, Pleurostomellidae, Reussellidae, Rotaliacea, Siphoninacea, Siphoninidae, Spirillinacea, Spiroloxostoma, Turrilinacea

Subtaxa: Cassidulina Cassidulininae Ehrenbergininae Globocassidulina Paracassidulina

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Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (5 collections), Iceland (1), Italy (5), Panama (1), United States (3: Alaska, California)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (3), Italy (1), New Zealand (1), North Atlantic (8), Pakistan (1), Panama (1), South Africa (1), United States (2: North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), Chile (1), New Zealand (1), North Atlantic (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Austria (1), Chile (1), Ecuador (2), Germany (3), New Zealand (5), North Atlantic (17), Poland (1), Spain (1), Tonga (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Indonesia (1)

• Oligocene of Canada (3: British Colombia, British Columbia), New Zealand (3), North Atlantic (4), United States (20: California, Washington)

• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Italy (1), Nigeria (1), Spain (6), Tonga (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (9: California, Louisiana/Texas, Oregon, Washington)

Total: 123 collections including 158 occurrences

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