Foraminifera - Fusulinoidea - Pseudostaffellidae
Alternative spelling: Pseudostaffellinae
Parent taxon: Fusulinoidea according to R. M. Ivanova 2000
See also Loeblich and Tappan 1984
Sister taxa: Aljutovella, Aljutovellidae, Alpinoschwagerina, Boultoniidae, Citronites, Eostaffellidae, Eowaeringella, Frumentella, Fusulinidae, Kansanella, Klamathina, Likharevites, Nagatodarvasiella, Nagatoella, Neoschwagerinidae, Neostaffella, Occidentoschwagerina, Ozawainellidae, Paleofusulinidae, Paraleeina, Parastaffelloides, Parawedekindellina, Parazellia, Plectofusulina, Polydiexodinidae, Profusulinellidae, Putrella, Schubertellidae, Schwagerinidae, Seminovella, Staffellidae, Thompsonella, Tumulotriticites, Ultradaixina, Verbeekinidae, Wedekindellina, Wutuella
Subtaxa: Pseudostaffella
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (13: British Columbia, Nunavut collections), China (4), Iran (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (11), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), Tajikistan (2), Thailand (2), Ukraine (7), United States (10: California, Nevada, New Mexico)
Total: 56 collections including 72 occurrences