Foraminifera - Textulariina - Astrorhizidae
Parent taxon: Textulariina according to W. Kiessling 2004
See also Cushman 1927, Harlton 1933 and Loeblich and Tappan 1988
Sister taxa: Ammodiscoidea, Astrorhizacea, Ataxophragmiacea, Atotaxophragmiacea, Chrysalidinoidea, Coscinophragmatacea, Coscinophragmatidae, Cuneolinidae, Dictyopsellidae, Dicyclinidae, Hippocrepinacea, Hippocrepinidae, Hormosinacea, Hyperamminacea, Komokiacea, Lituolacea, Loftusiacea, Nezzazatidae, Olgiidae, Orbitolinacea, Orbitopsellidae, Prolixoplectidae, Pseudogaudryinidae, Rzehakinacea, Semivulvulina, Textulariacea, Textulariina articulata, Tritaxiidae, Trochamminacea, Verneuilinacea
Subtaxa: Astrorhiza Astrorhizinae Hippocrepina Hyperamminoides Vanhoeffenellinae
Ecology: stationary infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Canada (5: Alberta), Italy (2), South Africa (1)
• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (7)
• Permian of Australia (2), Lithuania (1)
• Carboniferous of United States (29: Oklahoma, Texas)
• Silurian of United States (1: Wisconsin)
Total: 50 collections including 56 occurrences