Foraminifera - Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
Parent taxon: Heterohelicinae according to A. Bertels 1970
See also Cushman 1927, Kiessling 2003, Pessagno 1967 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Gublerina, Guembelina, Planoglobulina, Pseudotextularia, Racemiguembelina
Subtaxa: Heterohelix americana Heterohelix dentata Heterohelix globulosa Heterohelix navarroensis Heterohelix planata Heterohelix striata
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of North Atlantic (1 collection)
• Eocene of Nigeria (1), North Atlantic (1)
• Paleocene of Egypt (31), South Pacific (1), Tunisia (46), United States (9: Texas)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (7), Benin (1), Canada (18: Alberta), Colombia (2), Egypt (30), Greece (1), Italy (3), Mexico (3), New Zealand (1), North Atlantic (6), North Pacific (4), Poland (1), South Atlantic (1), Tunisia (75), the United Kingdom (30), United States (11: Texas)
Total: 285 collections including 940 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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