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 Canada (1: Nova Scotia collection)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), Nigeria (1)
• Paleocene of Egypt (31), Tunisia (46), United States (9: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (5), Canada (18: Alberta), Colombia (2), Egypt (38), Greece (1), Italy (3), Mexico (3), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), Tunisia (67), the United Kingdom (30), United States (11: Texas)
Total: 269 collections including 919 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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