†family Pellatispiridae Hanzawa 1937 (foram)
Foraminifera - Rotaliacea - Pellatispiridae
Parent taxon: Rotaliacea according to A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan 1961
See also Kiessling 2003
Sister taxa: Calcarinidae, Rotaliidae
Subtaxa: Miscellanea Pokornyella
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of India (5 collections), Iran (2), Iraq (4), Pakistan (1), Venezuela (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of India (15), Iraq (1)
• Paleocene of Austria (5), China (1), India (16), Iran (3), Iraq (12), Italy (1), Slovakia (7), Slovenia (5), Spain (2), Turkey (3)
• Cretaceous of Iran (1), Slovakia (1)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 87 collections including 102 occurrences