Foraminifera - Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Parent taxon: Globigerinidae according to A. R. Lam and R. M. Leckie 2020
See also Cushman 1927, Gibson 1983, Sepkoski 2002 and Snyder et al. 1983
Sister taxa: Beella, Biorbulina, Candeininae, Cassigerinella, Cassigerinelloita, Catapsydrax, Dentoglobigerina, Eoglobigerina, Globigerina, Globigerinatella, Globigerinatheka, Globigerinella, Globigerininae, Globigerinoides, Globigerinoidesella, Globoquadrina, Globorotaloides, Globoturborotalita, Guembelitrioides, Orbulininae, Paragloborotalia, Parasubbotina, Praeorbulina, Pulleniatininae, Sphaeroidinella, Sphaeroidinellopsis, Trilobatus, Turborotalita, Zeaglobigerina
Subtaxa: Orbulina suturalis Orbulina universa
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), Greece (1), Ireland (1), Italy (7), Panama (1)
• Pliocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1), Chile (1), East Timor (22), Ecuador (1), Egypt (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1), Taiwan (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of East Timor (22)
• Miocene of Cape Verde (1), Chile (1), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (1), Cyprus (1), East Timor (17), Ecuador (1), Greece (1), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (6), Malaysia (1), Panama (1), Romania (2), Tanzania (2), Tonga (1), Turkey (1), United States (2: Florida)
Total: 106 collections including 175 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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