Foraminifera - Fusulinoidea - Staffellidae
Alternative spelling: Staffellinae
Parent taxon: Fusulinoidea according to F. Kobayashi 2012
See also Davydov 1996, Forke 2002, Kobayashi 2011, Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Rosovskaya 1965, Sosnina 1968 and Zhang 1982
Sister taxa: Aljutovella, Aljutovellidae, Alpinoschwagerina, Boultoniidae, Citronites, Eostaffellidae, Eowaeringella, Frumentella, Fusulinidae, Kansanella, Klamathina, Likharevites, Nagatodarvasiella, Nagatoella, Neoschwagerinidae, Neostaffella, Occidentoschwagerina, Ozawainellidae, Paleofusulinidae, Paraleeina, Parastaffelloides, Parawedekindellina, Parazellia, Plectofusulina, Polydiexodinidae, Profusulinellidae, Pseudostaffellidae, Putrella, Schubertellidae, Schwagerinidae, Seminovella, Thompsonella, Tumulotriticites, Ultradaixina, Verbeekinidae, Wedekindellina, Wutuella
Subtaxa: Eoverbeekina Kahlerininae Leella Nankinella Nankinellinae Pisolina Pseudoendothyrinae Pseudoreichelina Sphaerulina Staffella
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Italy (1 collection)
• Permian of Armenia (16), Austria (8), Azerbaijan (20), Belize (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (91), Croatia (2), Greece (2), India (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (49), Israel (4), Italy (5), Japan (102), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mexico (3), Myanmar (1), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (24), Slovenia (6), Tajikistan (14), Thailand (9), Tunisia (4), Turkey (25), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (13: Alaska, Nevada, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Austria (1), Canada (7: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (2), France (1), Greenland (2), Iran (5), Ireland (4), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (6), Slovenia (4), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (3), Turkey (17), Ukraine (2), United States (42: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 506 collections including 769 occurrences