†superfamily Discorbacea Ehrenberg 1838 (foram)

Foraminifera - Discorbacea

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

See also Al Menoufy and Shreif 2021, Gibson 1983 and Margerel 2012

Sister taxa: Acervulinacea, Annulopatellinacea, Asterigerinacea, Aubignyna, Bolivinacea, Bolivinitacea, Buliminacea, Carterinacea, Cassidulina, Cassidulinacea, Cassidulinidae, Caucasina, Chilostomellacea, Delosinacea, Discorbinellacea, Discorbitura, Eouvigerinacea, Fursenkoinacea, Glabratellacea, Globorotalitidae, Hedbergellacea, Islandiellidae, Lepitorbitoididae, Mississippinidae, 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:

• NN21 of Indian Ocean (3 collections), South Pacific (1)

• G. truncatulinoides PRSZ of Indian Ocean (1)

• Brunhes of North Pacific (3)

• G. ruber PRZ of Indian Ocean (5)

• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (38), Italy (5), Mayotte (1), North Atlantic (5), North Pacific (102), Panama (1), South Pacific (3), United States (1: Virginia)

• NN16 of South Pacific (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indian Ocean (4), North Pacific (1)

• Pliocene of Australia (1), Indian Ocean (6), Italy (1), New Zealand (1), North Atlantic (1), North Pacific (5), Pakistan (1), Panama (1), South Africa (2), South Pacific (9), United States (1: South Carolina)

• NN12 of Indian Ocean (1), South Pacific (2)

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

• Miocene of Austria (1), Ecuador (1), Germany (29), India (1), Indian Ocean (12), New Zealand (2), North Pacific (54), Panama (1), Poland (1), South Africa (1), South Pacific (8), United States (3: California, Florida)

• Oligocene of Italy (1), North Pacific (3), Puerto Rico (1), South Pacific (3), Taiwan (7)

• Eocene to Oligocene of North Pacific (1)

• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Egypt (3), Nigeria (7), North Atlantic (1), South Pacific (1), 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: 372 collections including 391 occurrences

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