†Opertorbitolites (foram)
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Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Soritidae
Parent taxon: Soritidae according to J.-C. Plaziat and C. Perrin 1992
See also Cushman 1927, Loeblich and Tappan 1988 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Archaisinae, Fusarchaiasinae, Marginopora, Opertorbitolitinae, Orbitolites, Paraspirolina, Praerhapydionininae, Pseudorhapydionina, Pseudotaberina, Soritinae
Subtaxa: Opertorbitolites douvillei
Ecology: stationary epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection), Iran (3), Iraq (1), Pakistan (1), Slovenia (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Greece (5), Iraq (1)
• Paleocene of China (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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