Foraminifera - Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Alternative spelling: Cataspydrax
Parent taxon: Globigerinidae according to A. R. Lam and R. M. Leckie 2020
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Beella, Biorbulina, Candeininae, Ciperoella, Dentoglobigerina, Eoglobigerina, Globigerina, Globigerinatella, Globigerinatheka, Globigerinella, Globigerininae, Globigerinoides, Globigerinoidesella, Globoquadrina, Globorotaloides, Globoturborotalita, Guembelitrioides, Orbulina, Orbulininae, Paragloborotalia, Parasubbotina, Praeorbulina, Pulleniatininae, Sphaeroidinella, Sphaeroidinellinae, Sphaeroidinellopsis, Subbotina, Trilobatus, Turborotalita, Zeaglobigerina
Subtaxa: Catapsydrax africanus Catapsydrax dissimilis Catapsydrax globiformis Catapsydrax howei Catapsydrax martini
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of North Atlantic (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Pakistan (1)
• Miocene of Indian Ocean (14), New Zealand (2), North Atlantic (23), North Pacific (82), South Pacific (6)
• NN1 of North Pacific (15), South Pacific (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Indian Ocean (1), North Atlantic (26), North Pacific (16), South Pacific (3)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1), Indian Ocean (7), North Atlantic (60), North Pacific (83), South Pacific (8)
• NP21 of North Pacific (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Indian Ocean (2), North Atlantic (1), North Pacific (10)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Indian Ocean (3), North Atlantic (4), North Pacific (1), South Pacific (2), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Paleocene of Türkiye (1)
Total: 378 collections including 404 occurrences
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