Foraminifera - Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Parent taxon: Nummulitidae according to J.-P. Margerel 2012
See also Beavington-Penney and Racey 2004, Cushman 1927 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arnaudiella, Assilina, Cycloclypeus, Dictyoconos, Heteroclypeus, Nummulitella, Nummulites, Nummulostegina, Operculina, Operculinella, Palaeonummulites, Planostegina, Ranikothalia, Spiroclypeus
Subtaxa: Heterostegina antillarum Heterostegina saipanensis
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (1 collection), Maldives (1), Mauritius (1), Mayotte (2), New Caledonia (1), Palau (1), the Seychelles (1), United States (4: Hawaii)
• Miocene of Cuba (2), Egypt (1), France (9), Greece (2), Hungary (1), India (1), Indonesia (2), Israel (1), Italy (2), Malta (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Poland (3), Portugal (4), Spain (1), Tanzania (1), Turkey (7)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Indonesia (1)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (5), India (1), Iran (2), Italy (6), Malta (8), Somalia (4), Spain (10)
• Eocene of Hungary (1), Italy (7), Maldives (1), Mexico (1), Spain (4), Tonga (1), United States (2: Florida, Louisiana)
Total: 105 collections including 107 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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