Foraminifera - Fusulinoidea - Staffellidae
Alternative spelling: Fusulinella (Staffella)
Parent taxon: Staffellidae according to F. Kobayashi 2011
See also Cushman 1927, Kobayashi and Altiner 2008, Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Sepkoski 2002, Skinner and Wilde 1967, Ueno and Sakagami 1993, Ueno et al. 2006, Zhang 1982 and Zhang et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Eoverbeekina, Kahlerininae, Leella, Nankinella, Nankinellinae, Pisolina, Pseudoendothyrinae, Pseudoreichelina, Sphaerulina
Subtaxa: Staffella arakeljani Staffella batangica Staffella ciryi Staffella fountaini Staffella huapingensis Staffella jiaogensis Staffella lacunosa Staffella lenticularis Staffella moellerana Staffella pseudosphaeroidea Staffella suborientalis Staffella tunetana
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (12 collections), Austria (8), Azerbaijan (6), China (8), Croatia (1), India (1), Iran (22), Italy (2), Japan (8), Mexico (3), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (5), Thailand (6), Tunisia (2), Turkey (8), United States (6: Nevada, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Austria (1), Canada (5: British Columbia, Nunavut), Iran (1), Mexico (1), Slovenia (4), Thailand (1), Turkey (6), Ukraine (2), United States (9: Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 129 collections including 142 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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