†superfamily Discorbacea Ehrenberg 1838 (foram)

Foraminifera - Discorbacea

Parent taxon: Rotaliina according to A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan 1984

See also Gibson 1983 and Margerel 2012

Sister taxa: Acervulinacea, Annulopatellinacea, Asterigerinacea, Aubignyna, Bolivinacea, Bolivinitacea, Buliminacea, Carterinacea, Cassidulina, Cassidulinacea, Cassidulinidae, Caucasina, Chilostomellacea, Coryphostoma, Delosinacea, Discorbinellacea, Discorbitura, Eouvigerinacea, Fursenkoinacea, Glabratellacea, Globorotalitidae, Hedbergellacea, Islandiellidae, Lepitorbitoididae, Mississippinidae, Nodosariacea, Nummulitacea, Orbitoidacea, Osangulariidae, Pappina, Planorbulinacea, Pleurostomellidae, Reussellidae, Rotaliacea, Siphoninacea, Siphoninidae, Spirillinacea, Spiroloxostoma, Turrilinacea

Subtaxa: Bagginidae Eponididae Rotaliellidae

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Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (5 collections), Mayotte (1), Panama (1), United States (1: Virginia)

• Pliocene of Australia (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (1), South Africa (2), United States (1: South Carolina)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), Chile (1)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Ecuador (1), Germany (29), India (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (3), Poland (1), South Africa (1), United States (3: California, Florida)

• Oligocene of Italy (1), Puerto Rico (1), Taiwan (7)

• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Egypt (1), Nigeria (7), Spain (1), Taiwan (8), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: California)

• Paleocene of Croatia (1), Suriname (3)

• Cretaceous of Italy (1), South Africa (2)

Total: 97 collections including 107 occurrences

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