Family Discamminidae Mikhalevich 1980 (foram)

Foraminifera - Lituolacea - Discamminidae

Parent taxon: Lituolacea according to A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan 1988

Sister taxa: Ammosphaeroidinidae, Ataxophragmiidae, Flatschkofelia, Haplophragmoiidae, Hauraniidae, Lituotubidae, Mayncinidae, Nautiloculinidae, Oxinoxisidae, Placopsilinidae, Sphaeramminidae

Subtaxa: Ammoscalaria Discammina Glaphyrammina

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Ecology: stationary infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (4: California collections)

• Cretaceous of Portugal (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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