Nodosariata - Polymorphinida - Plectofrondiculariidae
Full reference: A. Liebus. 1902. Ergebnisse einer mikroskopischen Untersuchung der organischen Einschulusse der oberbayerrischen Molasse. Jahrbuch der K. K. Geologischen Reichsanstalt 52:71-104
Parent taxon: Plectofrondiculariidae according to B.W. Hayward et al. 2012
See also Cushman 1927 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Parafrondicularia
Subtaxa: Plectofrondicularia basispinata Plectofrondicularia kerni Plectofrondicularia minuta Plectofrondicularia miocenica Plectofrondicularia oregonensis Plectofrondicularia packardi Plectofrondicularia searsi Plectofrondicularia trinitatensis Plectofrondicularia vaughani Plectofrondicularia virginiana Plectofrondicularia vokesi
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Ecuador (2 collections)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (2), New Zealand (3), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Canada (2: British Colombia, British Columbia), North Atlantic (3), United States (4: California)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Ecuador (2), United States (12: Alaska, California, Louisiana/Texas, Oregon, Washington)
Total: 34 collections including 42 occurrences
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