Family Rhizamminidae Wiesner 1895 (foram)

Foraminifera - Astrorhizacea - Rhizamminidae

Parent taxon: Astrorhizacea according to E. Morlotti 1988

See also Cushman 1927 and Wiesner 1931

Sister taxa: Bathysiphonidae, Diffusilinidae, Dryorhizopsidae, Hemisphaeramminidae, Hippocrepinellidae, Polysaccamminidae, Psammosphaeridae, Rhabdamminidae, Schizamminidae, Silicotubidae

Subtaxa: Rhizammina

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Ecology: stationary infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• NN21 of North Pacific (1 collection)

• Quaternary of North Atlantic (19)

• Pliocene of North Atlantic (1), North Pacific (1)

• Miocene of North Pacific (1), Peru (1)

• Oligocene of Indian Ocean (1)

• Eocene of Indian Ocean (3), United States (1: Washington)

• Paleocene of Indian Ocean (1), Ukraine (2)

• Tertiary of Indian Ocean (2)

• Cenozoic of Indian Ocean (1)

• Cretaceous of Egypt (1), Indian Ocean (9), Italy (2), Poland (7), Ukraine (7)

• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (7)

• Devonian of Germany (1)

Total: 69 collections including 70 occurrences

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