Sorosphaera Brady 1879 (foram)
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Foraminifera - Astrorhizacea - Psammosphaeridae
Parent taxon: Psammosphaerinae according to A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan 1988
See also Cushman 1927, Morlotti 1988 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anictosphaera, Bykovaeina, Cellonina, Psammophax, Pseudastrorhiza, Spiculosiphon, Storthosphaera, Thuramminoides, Thuramminopsis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Indiana collection)
• Cambrian of Guinea (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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