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, Gaziryina, Heteroclypeus, Nummulitella, Nummulites, Nummulostegina, Operculina, Operculinella, Palaeonummulites, Planostegina, Ranikothalia, Spiroclypeus
Subtaxa: Heterostegina antillarum Heterostegina reticulata Heterostegina saipanensis
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (1 collection), Maldives (1), Mauritius (1), Mayotte (2), New Caledonia (1), North Atlantic (1), Palau (1), the Seychelles (1), United States (4: Hawaii)
• Pliocene of India (8)
• Miocene of Croatia (9), 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), Türkiye (7)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1), Indonesia (1)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (5), India (1), Iran (2), Italy (6), Malta (8), Somalia (4), Spain (10)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Greece (2)
• Eocene of Hungary (1), Italy (14), Maldives (1), Mexico (1), Spain (4), Tonga (1), United States (2: Florida, Louisiana)
Total: 133 collections including 135 occurrences
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