Foraminifera - Asterigerinacea - Epistomariidae
Parent taxon: Asterigerinacea according to J.-P. Margerel 2012
Sister taxa: Amphisteginidae, Asterigerinidae
Subtaxa: Epistomaria Epistomariinae Nuttallidinae
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of North Pacific (2 collections), South Pacific (2), Southern Ocean (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of North Pacific (1)
• Pliocene of North Atlantic (1), North Pacific (1), South Pacific (6)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Pacific (2)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Indian Ocean (1), North Pacific (82), South Pacific (21)
• Oligocene to Miocene of North Atlantic (1), North Pacific (14), South Pacific (2)
• Oligocene of Indian Ocean (2), North Atlantic (1), North Pacific (67), South Pacific (7)
• Eocene to Oligocene of North Pacific (10), South Pacific (2)
• Eocene of France (1), Indian Ocean (18), North Atlantic (86), North Pacific (39), South Pacific (55), Spain (7), Tonga (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Indian Ocean (3), North Atlantic (3), South Pacific (1)
• Paleocene of Indian Ocean (7), North Atlantic (13), South Pacific (10), Spain (2)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Indian Ocean (2)
• Cretaceous of Indian Ocean (8), North Atlantic (9), Tunisia (31)
Total: 523 collections including 569 occurrences