†family Discocyclinidae Galloway 1928 (foram)

Foraminifera - Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae

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

See also Squires 1984

Sister taxa: Asterocyclinidae, Nummulitidae

Subtaxa: Actinocyclina Asterocyclina Discocyclina

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Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Cuba (1 collection)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Armenia (1)

• Eocene of Austria (1), Belize (1), France (1), Hungary (2), India (24), Iran (3), Italy (8), Libya (1), Maldives (9), Mexico (1), Pakistan (3), Peru (5), Senegal (1), Slovenia (1), South Africa (1), Spain (6), Taiwan (4), Tonga (1), Turkey (1), United States (4: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana), Venezuela (1)

• Paleocene to Eocene of China (1), India (8), Iraq (2), Turkey (2)

• Paleocene of Austria (1), China (4), Costa Rica (3), Iraq (13), Italy (1), Libya (4), Pakistan (1), Slovakia (27), Slovenia (4), Spain (1), Turkey (2), United States (1: Alabama)

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1)

Total: 157 collections including 225 occurrences

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